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Solar Powered Miniball Wannabe

Step 3Solder the Circuit

Follow the instructions on the printed circuit board - there are labels that mark where various components go. Note how we used the sleeve of a breadboard wire to isolate the positive (+) lead of the capacitor, preventing it from contacting the diode.

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Feb 20, 2010. 2:18 PM

jwystup says:

When I finished my "miniball wannabe" it didn't work. After staring at it for awhile and looking at the setup of the <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-Powered-Battle-Symet-BEAM-Style/">Solar Powered Battle Symet</a>, I realized that I put the diode on backwards. I wanted to note to anyone else trying this instructable that the diode needs to have the dark line towards the bottom (in the orientation of the picture above)