[sdiy] [OT] faulty distortion pedal

[Michael Zacherl]

Hi All, 
as it stands at the moment it’s the PSU. 
Alas the setup has been changed and we didn’t have the time to wire the pedal back in.
But I could see the constant glow of the LED, so no more fading indicator
with the new PSU. Then again, without hearing the pedal we can’t tell
if the PSU just died (cap?) or a faulty pedal killed a cheap wall-wart.
Anyway, I’m waiting for word of its owner to find out what’s the status.
Thanks again, Michael.


On 10.Apr 2016, at 19:07 , ASSI <Stromeko at nexgo.de> wrote:

> On Sunday 10 April 2016, 18:46:17, Michael Zacherl wrote:
>> I am ‘just curious’ what could cause this.
> 
> An overcurrent somewhere plus a PSU with foldback characteristic and soft 
> restart can produce such behaviour.  I'd try a different PSU first (please 
> not one with a higher current limit) before going into the pedal itself.