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Post by Ripper on Dec 5, 2006 11:48:49 GMT -5
Alas, my trusted[glow=red,2,300] Boss DD3 [/glow]digital delay is no more!  I plugged it in yesterday and nuffin! I was wondering, what kills stomp boxes?...I mean everything inside are diodes and gizmos. ( yes, im a tech )....NOT! There are no moving parts etc. Is it just age, or heat? I need to be alone now. |
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Post by vonFrenchie on Dec 5, 2006 17:13:16 GMT -5
If you play for an extended period of time there may be a bit of heat damage. Over time some parts (like capacitors) can kind of creep out of their place and loosen due to heat.
The constant in and out of the plug may cause some problems with the jacks.
Some parts may be crushed (I doubt it but could cause it... Boss pedals are built better than tanks)
Maybe the battery is dead (youve probably checked that)
Severed battery terminals, severed wires to the bypass switch.
Alot can kill a pedal but I must say... a dead boss? Maybe the digital components are damaged.
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Post by ChrisK on Dec 5, 2006 19:32:25 GMT -5
Using them! ;D
Seriously though, Electro Static Discharge (ESD) can have a huge effect and is rarely understood or properly prevented.
Walking across a carpet and touching a doorknob in the winter can create a discharge of 20,000 to 30,000 VDC.
Don't touch the tip of a cable plugged in to anything without touching the barrel first.
Don't let the tip of a cable plugged in to anything be the discharge electrode when plugging it into anything. Try to have the barrel touch first (ie discharge).
If a discharge occurs, something has been compromised. It may not fail today......
Search the web for static discharge or ESD. It's never really talked about in musical instrument circles, but the same rules apply everywhere. Physics IS physics!
However, the quality of ground impedance in musical instruments is not conducive to shunting ESD harmlessly away from the gear, so little to no protection can ever be assured.
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Post by vonFrenchie on Dec 6, 2006 20:00:52 GMT -5
Completely true. The components inside a pedal arent designed to handle more than 50v and rarely see greater than 10v. When they have 30k volts pushed into them the components WILL be damaged. I work on computers and I have seen it happen many many times.
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Post by bam on Dec 9, 2006 23:44:14 GMT -5
including those high-end, expensive processors. yes, they DO !
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