Thanks for your help with this! I've never been inside the unit
before and I don't want to mess it up worse than it already is.
Please bear with me.
First of all, is the Ni-Cad battery that thing mounted on the PCB
surrounded by a white plastic sheath with a white cap? Is this model
battery still available in stores after 20 years? What is the
easiest way to get the thing off and replace it?
Thanks again for your help.
Jeff
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@a... wrote:
>
> The first thing I look @ is the output jack on the pads. They
might be
> dirty. Use some contact cleaner like DeOxit or Blue Shower w/ a
cottom swap to
> clean them. Double triggering sometimes indicates that something
is loose. Open
> your pads and check their piezo disc. It might not be glued in
place anymore.
> You may even have a detached wire that is just resting where it
was once
> soldered. When you strike a pad in this condition the wire jumps
off the piezo
> and triggers numerous times. The malfunction in the brain is
probably from a
> faulty memory backup battery. Ni-cad batteries usually last 15
years. If you
> got 20, consider yourself lucky. But beware. Cycling power through
a worn PCB
> mounted battery may cause it to explode and damage the board it's
soldered
> to. This is something I learned the hard way w/ an SDS-7. As for
your shells,
> it sounds like you have some worn or broken plastic. Shells appear
on Ebay US
> from time to time. Senso may have a few in stock. He's a member of
this
> groups so contact him or check the links for his URL.
>
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