No dampness, and it had literally been in the same room for 20 years. A mystery to me, but I'm not complaining about the outcome!
From: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Lee Borrell templarser@... [CZsynth]
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2018 9:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Dead CZ-5000
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2018 9:55 AM
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Could it have been slightly damp,or subject to a change in temperature? It's usually best to leave (unused)
electronics to acclimatize to where they are going to be used. Still - a pleasant surprise. Good one Dan.
Lee
Lee
From: "Les Morey moreylc@... [CZsynth]"
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 15 September 2018, 14:51
Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Dead CZ-5000
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
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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
on behalf of danforcz danforcz@yahoo.com [CZsynth]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 2:17 AM
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- 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.