Yes, there is explanation, AFAIK - capacitors need something like reforming after long time out of use. It seems to me that it can be true, at least I have restarted few seemingly dead instruments this was during my numerous electronic repairs. Daniel Forro > On Sep 15, 2018, at 6:29, Les Morey moreylc@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Amazingly (to me), the suggestion below worked--no smoke, just lights and the trusty BRASS ENS patch after leaving it on (apparently dead) for an hour or so. I suppose there is a better electronics explanation than it was just sulking about its lack of use, but whatever it is, the CZ now powers on instantly upon repeated attempts, even after sitting for a few hours unplugged. There may be issues lurking in there that will re-emerge, but in the meantime I'll just try to boot it up regularly and play some 80's new wave on it to keep it happy. > > Thanks again, Dan and all! > > From: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of danforcz danforcz@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 2:17 AM > To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Dead CZ-5000 > > > - Leave the instrument on for few hours, maybe it needs it if it was not used for long time. But stay near and watch it, if any problem occurs (smoke or so), switch it off.
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Re: [CZsynth] Dead CZ-5000
2018-09-17 by danforcz