does that mean that you're giving me my 303 back, david ? :) on a different note, I want to make a really simple cabinet for 2 rows of modules.... what is the deepest module that is out there right now? i took a quick look through the archives & haven't found anything... ..or does someone have a flipup mixer skb case that they want to sell me to mount my motm in? -paul (who was getting seriously offtopic) -----Original Message----- From: David Bivins [mailto:dbivins@...] Sent: May 9, 2000 12:21 PM To: motm@egroups.com Subject: RE: [motm] Troubleshooting a short Oh, cool! I have this thing called a Computer Controlled TB-303. It makes a really annoying, shrieky sound when I turn up the resonance and turn down the cutoff, so it must be broken. If I sent that to you, Paul W., would you fix it for me and hang on to it for awhile to make sure it works? :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Wagorn [mailto:pwagorn@...] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 11:06 AM > To: motm@egroups.com > Subject: RE: [motm] Troubleshooting a short > > > hey david: > > next time, just send it to me right away, I'll fix it for you...;) > > -paul > (still mad that biv got the last router!) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Bivins [mailto:dbivins@...] > Sent: May 9, 2000 11:37 AM > To: MOTM > Subject: [motm] Troubleshooting a short > > > Hi all, > > I had some trouble with the 700 vc router I just built. Luckily, Paul was > available for some live tech support and I got it sorted out. Because the > problem seemed like it *could* conceivably happen more than once, I'd like > to tell you all about it. > > The way the coax attaches to the jacks, the braid is pulled to one side > first and twisted. On a particular strand of coax, the inner > insulation had > melted or been cut through (very fine break) and the braid was resting > across it, causing a short. I couldn't see this at first and went > through a > lot of trouble disassembling the PCB sandwich, etc. > > So if you're having trouble, don't forget to look at the easier solution > first. I had carefully scanned the PCB twice, including verifying > component > placement, before I looked at the other end. And considering the iron > proximity we have to work with sometimes when wiring the front panel, it's > fairly easy to slip and melt a bit of insulation. > > David. > http://www.mp3.com/baldbastard > http://www.mp3.com/stations/baldbastard > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your money connected @ OnMoney.com - the first Web site that lets > you see and manage all of your finances all in one place. > http://click.egroups.com/1/3012/5/_/529958/_/957890820/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com: > http://click.egroups.com/1/3555/5/_/529958/_/957892128/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/3863/5/_/529958/_/957892872/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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RE: [motm] Troubleshooting a short
2000-05-09 by Paul Wagorn
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