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Author Topic: BT HH5 melts  (Read 3264 times)

plexy

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BT HH5 melts
« on: July 21, 2015, 03:19:20 PM »
Saw this on my FB feed today. ouch!


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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2015, 03:20:58 PM »
course, keeping an open mind they left it on something hot but it does look like the melt patterns radiate outwards from the device as opposed to upwards ..

thoughts? user error? potential fire risk from devices?
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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2015, 03:34:40 PM »
It's from last year. They obviously left it covered up.
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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2015, 03:47:46 PM »
yeah odd that - someone must have commented on it and thats why it showed up on my wall. well spotted.
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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2015, 04:01:26 PM »
even covered up thats nasty, seems no kind of thermal protection on the chipset.
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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2015, 08:25:15 AM »
From the date of the post then I guess it would be a HH5A, and judging by the shape of the melt, the worst damage appears to be right over the Lantiq chipset. HH5A PCB
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Re: BT HH5 melts
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2015, 02:22:58 AM »
I wouldn't be surprised if this actually happened without him throwing it in a fire. The plastic on the HH5 is quite thin & sensitive even to sunlight. Perhaps this person had his HH5 facing a window where the glass was reflecting the sun onto it, that + the normal temperature of the board it would've been enough to melt it. IMO.

..Or perhaps I'm just an idiot.  :lol:
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