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Title: what would make the switch pop after it wasn't?
Post by: marrstians on February 17, 2004, 03:50:32 PM
i built a ts808 clone... it was fine with no pops... i guess the pull down resistors were doing their job... but all of a sudden it started poping... loud ... and i don't know what's causing it... i checked cont. on the pulldowns and they're still connected... what next?
Title: what would make the switch pop after it wasn't?
Post by: Samuel on February 17, 2004, 03:53:06 PM
Is it possible you've got a problem with input/output caps? Check for DC voltages around the Input and output caps...maybe one of them is leaky, or has a cold joint.
Title: what would make the switch pop after it wasn't?
Post by: Mike Burgundy on February 17, 2004, 07:33:49 PM
There's a LOT of things that couls be causing this. Low-voltage caps with a DC wiring mistake, electrolytics wired wrong-way-round, lubricants in the switche bleeding into the switch contacts....
Try a good-grade DPDT hand switch with alligator clips (parralel the FS with this) to make sure the pop isn't coming from the footswitch. If it's not, the problem's very likely o be a leaky cap or a lack of DC blocking in general.
Title: what would make the switch pop after it wasn't?
Post by: marrstians on February 17, 2004, 07:43:45 PM
it was my output cap... i replaced it and it worked... i guess that shows me not to use scavanged parts...
Title: what would make the switch pop after it wasn't?
Post by: Gringo on February 18, 2004, 06:55:23 AM
Maybe that's what's happening to my pulsar... :twisted:  :twisted:

Time for some surgery.