# Contemplating the circuitbenders drumBs

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**Category:** DIY STUFF\
**Created:** [January 24, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/contemplating-the-circuitbenders-drumbs/2771 "2021-01-24T15:00:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/contemplating-the-circuitbenders-drumbs/2771/46 "2021-05-15T14:24:31Z")

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I use series 1N5817 like that all the time. No problems. Then again I use shrouded headers and I don’t think I’ve ever connected power backwards on an assembled module. (On an [IC on a breadboard](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/a-litany-of-dumbassery/526/312), not so much.)

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