Doepfer

Hello,

I have three G6 racks. One is fine. The second one has been dying on me for 
months now. The fuse stays INTACT, hard tap at the back in the area of power 
supply usually fixes the problem for a few minutes, or even an hour or two. 
This e-mail is for the NEW PROBLEM I experienced this weekend with my third 
rack, and I believe I resolved it.

This third rack is different than the other two - it has 1.2 A power supply. 
However, 4 days ago, I turned the rack on, and nothing happened. I checked 
fuse immediately, and found it was blown. I went to Radio Shack (Source in 
Montreal), and purchased the correct fuse (500 mA, slow blow, 20 x 5). They 
come two in pack, and they cost $ 2.99 (Canadian, of course).

Than I removed all Plan B modules from the rack, and everything started 
working again. Than it blew again yesterday! So I wondered - did the 
misbehaving module compromise my power supply permanently? So I finally did 
the troubleshooting as it is supposed to be done: I plugged the modules one 
by one, until I found that the cause of my grief was A-137 (VC waveshaper) - 
the fuse blew the moment I put that one back. Than I remembered that this 
module has not been working properly from the day one - sometimes it would 
just produce noise and nothing else. I could not reproduce the fault, so I 
did not take it back to the dealer yet. But now is time to do so.

So at the moment, I ran out of the fuses, but I am confident that I isolated 
the fault. About the other rack, I still have to find the correct fuse 
(Radio Shack in Montreal does not carry 250 mA fuse of the correct size).

If anybody is still reading this lengthy and boring message, here is the 
question: can one misbehaving module damage the power supply permanently? 
Regards,

Zoran