Bang-polar Junction Transistor
Problem: Exploded BJT converted to dust
Solution: Replace BJT and board
Brand: Unknown
Cost new: £20.00
Cost of fix: 10p
Age: TODO
Success?: Yes
A magnification and combined lamp wouldn’t turn on the lights found in the recycling bin. Taking it apart there’s a simple potentiometer that controls the current to the LEDs via a BJT that had exploded and taken the PCB with it. Jury-rigged a simple circuit on perfboard that connects to the potentiometer that achieves the same thing. It is now my desk magnification for when I need something extra! 
