| Author | Message | ||
| onz
New Username: onz Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2007 |
Hello, I'm new to Alembic and proud to own an Alembic Spoiler. I will post him later on in th e show topic. Electronically it's okay. My only question is: there was an on/off switch for the battery with a LED indicator when the battery/bass is on. Unfortunately one of the previous owners removed the connections. Here is a picture:  Does someone know how to solder this switch with LED correctly? Thanks! (I know how to make on/off switch with LED with a battery, but it makes my speakers "plop" very loud, not a good idea.) | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 675 Registered: 5-2006 |
Quote from keith_h:
Maybe it's wise to keep the switch in the output intact and simply add the switch and led. Will we see this beauty in the showcase? ;-) | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1734 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hi Onno, greetings from a fellow Alembic Hagenees! I think there was a problem with the earliest Distillates, which had an on/off LED, where the LED actually drained the battery. If this is the same type of LED, I wouldn't reconnect it. Does it have two switches, or just one? A Spoiler should have the famous Q switch, which works together with the filter. If there is just one switch, then perhaps the LED was wired to be off when the pickup selector was in the mute position. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5909 Registered: 5-2002 |
Adriaan; in the picture it looks like the Q switch is just to the right of the switch in question (which currently has no wires attached). And for some reason I'm no longer seeing Keith's post in this thread. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1735 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dave, eagle-eyed as ever! Catching the early worm as well ... I seem to remember Onno originally posted his question on another thread, where perhaps Keith answered? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5910 Registered: 5-2002 |
Adriaan; yes you're right, Keith's post was in the original thread which was here. Thanks! | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 676 Registered: 5-2006 |
It's this one:   | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1737 Registered: 6-2002 |
Those other LEDs will probably drain the battery ten times worse than that single LED - I presume the extra switch controls those side LEDs? | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 677 Registered: 5-2006 |
Here's a previous thread with this Spoiler: Click here The leds are fretFX | ||
| onz
New Username: onz Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2007 |
Another Hagenees Adriaan? Funny :-) though The Hague is not a small village. The side LED's have their own battery. And indeed there are 2 switches. One for the Q-switch and one without a function for now. I have a blue LED, maybe that one doesn't drain the battery. The only thing I worry about is the "plop" when turning the battery on and off. Maybe there is a way to avoid that. |
