My Cmoy blew up...

[MagnumOpus]

or rather, the battery did. The end of the battery connected to the wires/clip/connection-thing (dunno the english word for it). A loud sharp pop and the top of the battery almost blew off, beeing held together by a thin sheat of aluminium.....

I noticed the battery started to get warm before it popped. I was making some holes in the Altoids box, and put the JDS Cmoy on top of a CD stack, went for my pliars and the, just, POP!...

It seems nothing but the battery itself is affected....I am clueless
Any ideas?

[AndrewT]

surely better than clueless.
It sounds like you shorted the battery. What does it seem like to you?

[MagnumOpus]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

surely better than clueless.
It sounds like you shorted the battery. What does it seem like to you?

That was my first guess also, however uneducated....

How does that happen, and how do I avoid it ?

[Fenris]

Is it on a PCB? Odds are that something shorted across the connections on the PCB when you put down. It could even be (however unlikely) that the ends of the soldered leads poked through the surface of a CD and conducted through the top aluminum layer. Avoid it by removing the battery first.

[digits]

Always test these kind of circuits with no chip installed first to make sure voltages at the pins are ok, any major mismatch at this stage indicates a problem, also with small circuits always clean the solder side well after working with ISO to make sure no flux or other corrosive traces stay behind.... nothing as disheartening as seeing a PCB carbonise infront of your eyes after hours of work.

PS, as Fenris said, make sure traces and leads are shielded from the conductive tin or you could get shorts regardless of how neatly you worked.

[MagnumOpus]

Originally Posted by Fenris

Is it on a PCB? Odds are that something shorted across the connections on the PCB when you put down. It could even be (however unlikely) that the ends of the soldered leads poked through the surface of a CD and conducted through the top aluminum layer. Avoid it by removing the battery first.

It is on a pcb. It is the JDS Bassboost Cmoy.
The battery have been connected for days, and everything have been working godd until today....maybe the wires, which have some bare wire exposed just abobe the pcb got crossed when I put it down or fumbled with it inside the box?

Thanks for helping me out guys!

[6L6]

You could place a sheet of paper or card between the mint tin and the circuitboard for a little bit of additional insulation. Also, as you suggest, check your wires - That seems the most likely culprit.

[wwenze]

A friend who has experience with making that thing (cMoyBB) commented that the wire of the battery clip breaks easily at the solder point.

[digits]

yep, you should get into the habbit of applying a dab of glue to where the whire meets the board, you will see it done in many everyday PCB's around the house.

[MagnumOpus]

Thanks for replying. I am satisfied with the conclution that it is indeed the wire to the clip, I liooked at it just a few minutes ago, and the black tore right off just by touching it. The 26awg isnt too solid, not on this anyway.

Digits: what kind of glue would be appropriate?