Meil, Tim,

I thought the brown goo came from the melting of the outside case of
the transformer. Like I sad, the very same thing happened to me.

When I approached Doug (Enport), he immediately contacted Dieter, and
the problem was rectified (and no, that wasn't a power supply joke)
in a matter of a day or two. Both Enport and Doepfer took the
situation very seriously, and I have nothing but great thing to say
about how things were handled. But as I also said, my unit was
pretty new.

They very well might have unknowingly purchased a questionable batch
of transformers. Either way, no modules were damaged, and the only
trace of the meltdown was the delightful smell that lingered for a
couple of days.

Regards,
Kevin

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "neilwight" <neilwight@y...>
wrote:

> hi tim,
> i sent you an email but i will briefly cover again here incase
> others are interested.
>
> my power supply board is perfectly ok, looks fine and tested it out
> and it has no problems which is a relief.
>
> my power inlet socket on the back panel of the unit is where the
> problem occurred.
> my inlet contained its own integrated (and small) transformer and
> had the option to change the voltage on which the whole system
> worked depending on local supply. you could open it up and turn an
> internal barrel setting the voltage to 240, 220, 115 etc. i guess
> this was why it has its own transformer. the on/off switch is also
> not integrated into the inlet housing and it further up the panel.
> i guess yours doesnt have this function and is set to one voltage
> when purchased anbd is similar to the panel shown on the doepfer

web

> site.
>
> the transformer on the inlet was the one that melted, the brown goo
> came from the inside of this transformer, along with the smoke and
> smell.
>
> it will be interesting to see if the reason they changed was due to
> a problem with these inlets or something.
> my inlet was set correctly to 240vac and both fuses are still ok.
> i have emailed on the address you gave me so i will post back if i
> hear anything.
>
> neil