I had my build almost finished. All the wiring was done and tested. I'd just wrapped my pEx in heatshrink to prevent shorts and decided to pop the battery in for another test.
Just as I was doing that my wife came in and started asking me about something unrelated. I think I put the battery in backwards. Suddenly there was a cloud of smoke...
There's a small blister on one of the components on the NB now and all is dead when I connect power.
Looks like I'll need to order a new board once they're back in stock.
On the next build you can bet I'll be installing a diode on the battery connection.
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