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Re: [yamahacs80] Leaving CS powered up for long periods

2009-01-23 by Wayne Griffin

so much as we adore them, why develop some drop-in LED
replacements? solve this problem permanently? [w]

--- Wavecomputer360 <wavecomputer360@...> wrote:

> The problem is that, when you keep it powered up for
> an extended period of time, the preset selector
> lights will melt the translucent plastic caps
> (String 1 and 2 are especially prone for that). A
> friend of mine once bought a CS80 from Angelo
> Branduardi\ufffds keyboard player who had done exactly
> this, and the first column of preset selectors was
> not only completely bleached but also slightly
> melted.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> Stephen
> 
>
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> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David 
>   To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:52 AM
>   Subject: [yamahacs80] Leaving CS powered up for
> long periods
> 
> 
>   Is it safer to leave CS powered up for say 8 hours
> a day even though 
>   it may only be used for 30mins -60mins a day?
>   This is to avoid switching on and off and maybe
> placing stress on 
>   components
> 
>   thanks in advance
>   David
> 
> 
>    
> 
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> 
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