Yeah, everything was working sweet all wired up (just no LED) then as soon as I cut the tops off the pots I noiced how unbearably hot they were. then suddenly the circuit doesn't work whether it was in the box or out. My multimeter is the next step...just got to find the child free time.....
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Originally Posted by Andy40
Yeah, everything was working sweet all wired up (just no LED) then as soon as I cut the tops off the pots I noiced how unbearably hot they were. then suddenly the circuit doesn't work whether it was in the box or out. My multimeter is the next step...just got to find the child free time.....
I'm guessing that it's probably just a bad solder-joint somewhere that got disturbed, also, check to see if any of the solder lugs on the pots are a bit loose, I've sometimes had some pots develop loose solder lugs after I've soldered wires to them, if you find any pots with loose solder lugs it's best to just replace them with a good one, hope that helps, let us know your findings.
Sometimes the footswitch solder lugs can go a bit loose too if you apply heat for too long on them, that could be the reason for the Led not working, also, check the voltages on the components when the pedal is powered up with your multimeter, if some of the voltages look a bit off then it's probably a faulty component that's related to it that's causing it to be a bit off.
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 02-05-2017 at 07:29 PM.
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