And I hope this isn't going to happen to my portable cases!
-James

On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Bakis Sirros wrote:

> my oldest G6 racks are from 2001, so, i hope that i do not have the
> oldest version...
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> --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Sean Williams < sean@... > wrote:
> From: Sean Williams < sean@... >
> Subject: Re: 1 Re: Ack. Worst day of my life...
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 12:43 AM
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> Bakis
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> If they are the first version G6 cases with the all-in-one switch and
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> IEC inlet then it's only a matter of time before those big caps fail.
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> Be warned! It's quite dramatic, but I don't think any real damage to
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> my modules occurred. To be fair, Dieter realized the problem ages ago
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> and changed the design, so you may have the old style PSU (650mA)
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> with the revised IEC inlet (without capacitor). If not, I hope you
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> have a well ventilated studio!
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> This happened to both my G6 racks in the same month last year - after
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> 10 years of use. I wish I'd recorded the sound of the capacitor
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> fizzing and sputtering but I was too busy pulling the mains out and
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> running out into the street with my Doepfer in my arms so as not to
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> set off the fire alarm!
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> sean
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> > > My A-100 is the standard G6 case ordered from Thomann in Autumn
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> >> year. I presume that means a 230V 400ma T (slow blow) fuse: the
> GL55K
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> >Yes I should think so. Take a peek at the PSU itself: about half way
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> >< http://www.doepfer de/a100z_ e.htm> http://www.doepfer de/a100z_
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> >you'll see the two types - the older A100NT12 has the 'strikethrough'
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> >text; the newer A100PSU2 requires the higher-rated fuse, and is
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> >recognised with the big round ('toroidal') transformer on it!
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