Xpantastic!

Be carefull !

1st try to reseat the circuit boards under the frontpanel,- if this 
doesn�t help, here�s my story:

It�s possibly the plastic surface w/ all the printouts which is glued to 
the frontpanel.
The cutouts for the buttons are also under that frontpanel surface in 
the metal-frontpanel and I doubt the buttons stick there.
No kidding, but it can be your frontpanel surface "moved sidewards" ...
I had it when direct sunlight hit the Xpander�s surface for a long 
enough period of time and made the plastic surface "swim".
After that open air gig the Xpander went into it�s case and to the 
airport into a plane and after lift off it became much colder, so the 
plasic shrinked a bit,- talking about 1-2mm here.
When arrived at the next venue, all buttons on my Xpander were stuck.

We had to remove the circuit bords carrying the buttons/switches, then 
taking a rasp and remove the plasic until the holes in the plastic 
frontpanel fit the ones in the metal frontpanel again.

I think it not urgently needs direct sunlight, all kind of stage lights 
when hot enough can cause that.
It is definitely the glue under the plasic panel which is obviously much 
more sensitive to heat than the plastic panel itself.
On my Xpander it looks like new.

P.



Am 11.12.2014 um 19:58 schrieb 3r1n915xt@... [xpantastic]:
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> Hi all,
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> Im looking for suggestions on how to fix the sticking buttons on my 
> Xpander.  When pressed down, they stay down, and can only be brought 
> back up by scratching at their sides, or, gasp, tugging at the side 
> with a sharp object.  It seems like they are slightly offset, rubbing 
> against the front panel.
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> The only option I can think of is to open her up, and bend the buttons 
> where they sit on the PCB to get them up striaght.  But I've never 
> seen the inside of an Xpander, so I don't know what to expect.
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> Anyone seen this before?
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> Any ideas for a cure?
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> Any advice appreciated.
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