Rhodes Chroma Polaris

They tuck under just fine.  As long as you don't man-handle them.  The only conclusion I can come up with is when they were looped out, they must've touched the board.  Tucked under the panel there's no problem.  Or, as we used to say back in the IBM PC days, it's cosmic rays for all the problems.  Now they've proven it!  LOL!

Tracy

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On Fri, 7/13/18, 'Paul D. DeRocco' pderocco@... [chromapolaris] <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: RE: [chromapolaris] RE: Polaris Later version Secondary board
 To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, July 13, 2018, 3:10 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       > From: Tracy
 
 > 
 
 > I had the same freezing problem after installing the
 new 
 
 > membrane.  Found out that the tails on the right side
 drooped 
 
 > too low and were touching the Output board.  After I
 tucked 
 
 > them up under the right side panel, no more problems. 
 No 
 
 > more freeze ups and she's singing like a birdie. 
 In my case, 
 
 > (no pun) the tails and the board may have been too
 close.  
 
 > Could be slightly different specs on the top and the
 case for 
 
 > different synths.  Who knows.  Nobody here seems to
 want to 
 
 > answer me about this.
 
 
 
 That's because none of us knows the answer. ;-)
 
 
 
 Your observation of the tails touching the output board is
 something that I never noticed. On the other hand, I never
 had a problem with it. I can't see what's going on
 when the unit is closed, but it would have to be bending
 substantially around the edge of the board (which has no
 metal) in order to contact the lead of some component
 mounted near the edge of the board.
 
 
 
 The newest batch of panels have the insulation on the tails
 cut back. I did that so that if the ends of the tails are
 ever damaged, they can be shortened. Perhaps that's why
 no one had a problem before. That's probably why
 it's now an issue. It's probably a good idea to tuck
 them under, or put a piece of tape along the top edge of the
 output board. Or just cut them shorter, although then you
 lose the ability to cut them in the future if they're
 ever damaged.