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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: scrtaper on March 25, 2017, 03:56:54 PM
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i was taping a show last night and noticed when the input is wiggled the preamp clips out my recorder - a bad jack, has anyone taken apart a ugly box 2, i really dont want to pay to get it fixed and wait many month. It is only about 6 months old at this point, and it does it with the stock ca connector and with various extension cables
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This is one reason why I have numerous backup equipment.
Did you try cleaning the connectors?
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might try to find someone local to work on it. Shouldn't be a real complicated soldering job. Stereo and TV repair people usually have the skills, good luck!
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Im more then capable in the electronics repair end - I just wanted to make sure i wasnt going to cut into something getting all that damn Silicone Epoxy off of it
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when the input is wiggled the preamp clips out my recorder
Clean the jacks and mating plugs well with alcohol/contact-cleaner/de-oxit before getting all surgical invasive on it if you've not already tried that.
If that does the trick, you might consider making two short pigtails for input/output which remain permanently installed in the preamp, gaff-taped or even glued in place to limit wear and stress on the jacks. If you do that you'll need to insert/remove the battery to turn the preamp on/off.
Been down this road several times myself and that's what I did. Cleaning the jacks did the trick, the rest was insurance against more serious problems in the future.
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Gut - that did the trick..... after i cut away the black shit next to the input, its like a combination of black silicone and permatex the right stuff, im thinking ill get a 90 adapter and gaff it on the in and out thats a great idea ... Anyone every build their own battery box?