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Title: pedal power supply shorted out, hopefully i didn't blow up anything?
Post by: justinhedrick on September 14, 2011, 11:44:20 AM
last night my godlyke power supply shorted out at least i think it did). somehow where the chord comes out of the wall-wart the insulation got stripped. it was really noisey for a minuted then when i jiggled the cable it shorted out. not sure if it blew anything.

thoughts?
Title: Re: pedal power supply shorted out, hopefully i didn't blow up anything?
Post by: Hemisaurus on September 14, 2011, 02:36:20 PM
If the short was on the supply it won't have affected anything downstream, unless you have sensitive digital modelling equipment.
Title: Re: pedal power supply shorted out, hopefully i didn't blow up anything?
Post by: justinhedrick on September 14, 2011, 03:11:16 PM
right on hemi. i don't know why i didn't think of this?

anyway, the only digital things i have are 2 delay pedals, so hopefully they aren't messed up.
Title: Re: pedal power supply shorted out, hopefully i didn't blow up anything?
Post by: Hemisaurus on September 14, 2011, 03:33:59 PM
doubtful. some microprocessors can get kind of hinky if the power is applied and removed and applied again in quick succession, I won't call it a voltage spike, because that implies that you'd get more than your regular voltage, where in this case you got your 9V on/off/on again and then pop, really it's like you've been struggling to attach a fresh battery and it sort of clicks in, out, in, if the pedal can't survive that, then oops.