[sdiy] Advice?: Powering up a vintage keyboard after several years

[Michael E Caloroso]

If it's any synth with CMOS or CEM or SSM ICs in it, verify the power
supply FIRST.  If a rail is missing or over spec it can blow these
things.  The last thing you want are blown CEM/SSM ICs.

MC

On 10/11/16, Barry Klein <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
> Well, that’s me....
> If the consensus is just plug it in I’m good but if it is check the supplies
> first....  memorymoogs, prophet 5, lesser synths...  I’d just leave them off
> – don’t need the added grief right now.
> No way am I going to tweak up the memorymoog supplies and go through
> calibration of them again... at least not now.
> Maybe the Variac is just a thing for tube-based things like old ham sets or
> guitar amps?
> I have 2 (transistor(ized) ham tranceivers and a Drake receiver that I need
> to try too.
>
>
> Barry
>
>
> From: Jason Proctor
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6:35 PM
> To: David G Dixon
> Cc: Barry Klein ; synth-diy DIY
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Advice?: Powering up a vintage keyboard after several
> years
>
> have someone who knows what they're doing check at least the PSU first?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 6:25 PM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>   Plug that shit in!
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf
> Of Barry Klein
>     Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 5:14 AM
>     To: synth-diy DIY
>     Subject: [sdiy] Advice?: Powering up a vintage keyboard after several
> years
>
>
>     I am going through the stuff in my garage.  I have several vintage
> synths – some worth quite a bit now – and they haven’t been powered in at
> least 5 years.
>     What would you recommend – advancing on a Variac, or just plug it in?
>     Barry
>
>
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