23 Jan
2010
23 Jan
'10
10:49 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Modern components shouldn't get hot enough to burn
you :-). Glassfets are
another matter. And an IC that has developped internal shorts can get hot
enough to burn you, some DRAMs were prone to this.
I think the only time I burned myself on a _component_ it was an
electrolytic capacitor I'd connected backwards. Soldering irons are
another matter... And I once got a nasty point burn where I touched a
live mains terminal with one finger.
Philip.