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cactustone
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Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2014 - 4:55 pm:   Edit Post

I was playing through my SF-2 the other night (used as a pre-amp and feeding my Eden WT-800) and it just sort of died. There was very muted signal still coming through, but something had clearly gone wrong. The green LED was still on, so the unit was getting power.

I read Mica's note in the FAQ about polarity, so I double checked to make sure that the adapter I was using was center positive--and it was. So I don't think polarity is the issue. Anyone know what the issue might be and how I fix it? Thanks!
smokin_dave
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Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2014 - 7:38 pm:   Edit Post

Same thing happened to me and an input jack had failed on mine.Sent it back to the Mothership they fixed the problem and all was well with the world again.
smokin_dave
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Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2014 - 7:43 pm:   Edit Post

(Message edited by smokin dave on February 09, 2014)

(Message edited by smokin dave on February 09, 2014)
gtrguy
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Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2014 - 8:19 pm:   Edit Post

If I remember right, they have a simple resister on the board that doubles as a sort of fuse and will blow if the wrong AC adapter is used or something else goes wrong. You can open it up and look at the resisters and it may well be obvious that it fried up.
mica
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Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 - 2:08 pm:   Edit Post

In that post about the reversed polarity I point to a small inductor that will blow if something is awry with the power. Check that part.
cactustone
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Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 1:02 pm:   Edit Post

Mica, so even if the polarity is correct(as it is), the blown inductor could be the problem?

Thanks!
mica
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Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 1:42 pm:   Edit Post

Well the light is on but nobody's home! It seems sounds to check it. I'm aware you are using the correct polarity, is the voltage also within the printed range of 10.5-17.5 V?
cactustone
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Posted on Friday, February 14, 2014 - 1:52 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks, mica! I'll double check the voltage, but I think it's correct. Gonna check everything out tomorrow.
cactustone
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Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post

Hi Mica, could you point me to the exact replacement part i would need for the blown choke? I don't know yet that this is the problem, but I'm going to try a fix. I just can't figure out which part to use. Thanks!
cactustone
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Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 4:10 pm:   Edit Post

anyone? I just want to know what replacement part to buy. Thanks!
mica
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Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 5:10 pm:   Edit Post

It's a 47mH choke in location L3 on the main board. In the FAQ here but I see now that the hex tool I'm pointing to in the picture is not easy to see which part I'm pointing to. Sorry about that.

You're also welcome to send your SF-2 in for repair. There is no charge to diagnose the problem. Email me directly if you want to arrange this.

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