So I was building a vero Orange Squeezer to bass specs, fired it up, worked like a charm, started noodling away when I get that all too familiar burning component smell. Touched the IC and the transistor, nothing, figure I'm imagining it or having a stroke, keep playing, only to see the sustain pot (wired up externally) starting to glow red hot and smoke. Needless to say, it got a quick bath in the toilet, and a new build will be started off a different layout, as I suspect it was missing a ground on the layout I was working off of. Made for a fun New Years Eve.
Wow, now that is something I've never seen! A glowing red pot.
Or, maybe I have...in my college years.
Exploded a cap (they let go with a BANG), but never made anything glow (that wasn't meant to). Impressive!
It has happened to me too!! I was testing a Standard Fuzz build last year (I mean 2011! ;D) and the pot was sorting with the 9V supply. Not only glowing red, but smoking too! :D
Hector
Glad to see I'm not the only one whose done it, Hector.
Nothing like burning electronics to get the blood pumping!
Josh
Did it produce nice warm tones?
Oddly enough, it did produce nice warm tones. If I could control the burn, I'd market it as "One Smokin' Hot Compressor". Terrible joke, I know. Funny thing was, it didn't start smoking until 80% rotation, so theoretically I could control it with a resistor in series....
Quote from: GermanCdn on January 02, 2013, 06:25:23 PMFunny thing was, it didn't start smoking until 80% rotation, so theoretically I could control it with a resistor in series....
Chances are your FET was in backwards. I've burned up at least one trimpot by putting Q1 in the wrong way.
The pedal might actually be fine; I'd at least try fixing it first.
Quote from: GermanCdn on January 02, 2013, 06:25:23 PM
If I could control the burn...
You wouldn't have to mount an indicator LED! ;)
Market it as a stoner rock pedal.
Quote from: alanp on January 03, 2013, 03:51:16 AM
Market it as a stoner rock pedal.
Aren't they all??? 8)
First one you could light up off, though :D
http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/MiscPedals/ds1_pipe_1.gif
;D
yep....its a pipe
Wow