What flashes green when it burns out?

[alparent]

Just finished boxing an effect last night.
When I plugged the battery it sliped and I think it shoted?
All I saw was a green flash comming from inside the box.
The effect works, but I'm wondering?
The effect is a Jordan Bosstone.....maybe a cliping diode?

Any hints?
I will check the parts tonight......but was just looking for some input on where to start.

Thanks

[R.G.]

All I saw was a green flash comming from inside the box.
The effect works, but I'm wondering?

If the effect works, don't worry about it. If you just shorted the battery momentarily, it will have no effect on the circuit.

If the effect didn't work, then you would need to figure out what happened.

The color of the flash carries no information for figuring out what happened unless the board has a green LED on it. Could have been many things.

[alparent]

Thank for the reply.

[Fender3D]

...The color of the flash carries no information for figuring out what happened unless the board has a green LED on it. Could have been many things.

Unless you filled it with radioactive stuff

[alparent]

Maybe one of my kryptonite transistor that blew up?

[Mark Hammer]

Back in the "old days" when we had shop class and metalwork in middle school, I remember our teacher telling us about the different colours produced when different elements oxidized rapidly under heat.  Of course, this is what the art of fireworks depends upon.

When copper oxidizes rapidly under high heat, the flame is green.  When it oxidizes slowly, as you see on the roof of many official buildings around town, it also turns green.

Of course, saying that it was likely copper doesn't exactly narrow things down very much, does it?

[JKowalski]

Some LED's also make funky color changes when they burn out.

[ghostsauce]

Of course, saying that it was likely copper doesn't exactly narrow things down very much, does it?

Maybe the battery was a coppertop.  

[brett]

As Mark says, but add nickel (as is a common plating metal) as a green flash as well as copper.  Even less narrowed down.  Don't sweat. 
But make sure your technique is better before messing with higher voltages and batteries with high current capacity (e.g. LiPo, lead-acid).

[jkokura]

Of course, saying that it was likely copper doesn't exactly narrow things down very much, does it?

Maybe the battery was a coppertop.  

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