SergeModular

I think your theory is likely to be the cause. Soot and dust are two of the
worse enemies of electronics, as you unfortunately know.

A toast to your panels coming back to life.

Regards,

Bill
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Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
Principal, Axon Hillock

> From: "kirkdegiorgio" <kirk.degiorgio@...>
> Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:37:21 -0000
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: So Kirk, what was it?
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> If it wasn't so frustrating I'd be seeing the funny side of it too...
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> I can assure you the problems are not thru any misuse. I've never
> gigged with my Serge and its in a non-smoking home studio environment.
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> It is a mystery but I am clutching at 1 theory as to how 2 of my
> panels have failed so badly:
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> The problems started a little over 3 years ago - a few months after I
> moved into a new house. After setting the studio up we had some
> builders knock out a disused chimney breast from the centre of the
> house. I covered up all the studio equipment with dust sheets and the
> builders did the same.
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> However, a few months after the work was complete we noticed a film
> of soot/dust on the walls and ceiling in some downstairs rooms. This
> was especially noticeable in areas near heat sources (like above
> radiators)... the soot/dust has been 'baked' on to the walls by the
> heat sources.
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> My only explanation is this soot/dust was in the air for a
> significant amount of time - enough to contaminate the pots in the
> Serge well after the dust sheets were removed. Its difficult to know
> for sure because when Tony Allgood checked all the pots there was no
> obvious sign of dirt/grime, and cleaning did not help - only
> replacing the pots did the trick.
>
> However the first thing Kevin Fortune asked me was if I lived in a
> heavily polluted area (which I don't) or near the ocean (12 miles
> away). He put the chip & socket issue 'possibly' down to
> a 'pollutant' and the pots also. I have no idea how the unsoldered
> wires that Tony Allgood found happened - obviously not related.
>
> So that's my theory. I got my other panels and modular stuff a good
> while after this building work and they have been 100%.
>
> My repaired panel now seems OK - but although the PCO no longer
> warbles all over the place it does drift significantly more than the
> NTO/PCO's on my other panels ( it drifted flat 1 whole semitone
> over a week - whilst the other NTO/PCO's were still accurate during
> the same period). If drifts around 20 cents (flat) over a 3-4 hour
> period and therefore needs regular retuning which I don't have to do
> with my other NTO/PCO's.
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> The panel with the unstable FRS now has an unstable VCFQ. It is
> opening and closing randomly and intermittently - and the only cure
> is to turn the FREQ pot fully CCW and set the FREQ by feeding a
> voltage source from my Dual Processor into the VC F INPUT. So this
> indicates another faulty pot.
>
> My expenses were running at around £600 (over $1000) to get the 1
> panel repaired and now Fed-Ex have hit me with another £100 for
> duty/VAT and a mysterious 'RETURNED GOODS FEE' - even though customs
> knew it was a repair. Now I've got to get this other panel fixed so
> you'll forgive me if I don't roll around with laughter at the
> lighthearted comments!
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> KD
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>> No, it was just those damn knives...
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>>> I don't suppose 'playing' the Serge with rubber mallets has
> anything to
>>> do with it.....
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