Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Here's a pic of the whole thing... I know it ain't pretty, but it should be working... http://postimg.org/image/dk1wm1ht1/
And here's a pic of the multineter across the input and output. Settles at 0.01-0.03 which is normal (don't know why the pic is upside down) http://postimg.org/image/lbimkllyd/

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

EDIT: Ok, so I did another test on the pot wires, and whaddoyah know, The blue wire from the pot stops continuity at the 13 pin plug. Makes sense this would screw everything up, since blue is the signal bandpass filter wire... kinda crucial, apparently. I looked at the plug, and it has some kinda clam holding the wires. The blue one seems continuous when I put a lead on the wire and a lead on the clip holding it... but... It's not carrying from the switch to the pcb... any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

What Ufd and voltage is those electrolytics you've hacked in there ?Where's the Tantalum cap gone ?
Are you sure your additions aren't shorting to surrounding traces/tracks ?

I found a pic of what your PCB should look like.

Do you have a schematic for it ? I found this.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Ended up soldering a wire from the blue lead of the pot directly to the trace that was busted. Full continuity, still no sound.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

What Ufd and voltage is those electrolytics you've hacked in there ?Where's the Tantalum cap gone ?
Are you sure your additions aren't shorting to surrounding traces/tracks ?

I found a pic of what your PCB should look like.

Do you have a schematic for it ? I found this.

The uF is all the same, save for the first cap, which is 10 instead of 4.7uF... shouldn't mean it shorts out, just gives the inductor more strength. Voltage is kinda irrelevant... it's all above 18v, so it should be fine.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Checked it again, and apparently the middle clamp of the input jack is dead... does this make a difference? I mean, signal DOES go through when the pedal is off...

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

I put another tantalum back in. (4.7uF) Everything's continuous, signal passes through when off, goes mute when on... What the Hell...

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

I put another tantalum back in. (4.7uF) Everything's continuous, signal passes through when off, goes mute when on... What the Hell...

Did you get it around the right way ?

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Also, your schematic is for the true bypass version. This one's not tb. Old school.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Also, your schematic is for the true bypass version. This one's not tb. Old school.

Yes I realized.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Did you get it around the right way ?

If you mean does everyhting hook up like it should, and are the caps going from negative to positive, then yes. Still no sound.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

The first of the 6 pegs on the switch appears to not be continuous.. could this be it? I don't see anything else, but all the other 5 pins on that switch work.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

SON OF A B___!!! That first pin is the "effected signal" pin! That's why it works "clean" (off), but not when kicked on... Well, guess it's good I ordered another one from China bout a week ago... Could be herer anytime between now and December 28... -_-

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

So I found a 3ptd switch from the boost on a pedal I don't use, and am trying to figure out which wires to solder to which pins on the switch... Just like the previous pictures show, there's 6 wires... a red one, green one, dark purple one, light purple one, white one, and a black one, in that order. Anyone know how I would wire these to my 3dpt switch? Also, the swtich is soldered to a small pcb. Do I need to try to desolder it, or if I solder directly to the pins, should I be okay? Thank you for any replies.

 

[Hank-]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

The multimeter setting is not for continuity test. Set the dial to point to hFE mark,when you touch the leads to each other you will get a buzzer sound from the multimeter indicating continuity. Or set it to ohm meter reading, when the leads touch eacxh other the readingwill be shown as zero(or zero error).

Do that & reply back with the results.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

The multimeter setting is not for continuity test. Set the dial to point to hFE mark,when you touch the leads to each other you will get a buzzer sound from the multimeter indicating continuity. Or set it to ohm meter reading, when the leads touch eacxh other the readingwill be shown as zero(or zero error).

Do that & reply back with the results.

I did the ohm method. Everything I tested showed as 0.00, save for the bottm left lead on the 3pdt, which I found controlls the attatched LED.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

I believe I know how to solder to the 3PDT, but the color codes of the wires on the 535q are unique. I need to know which is which to make the proper connections, and I don't know how to figure that out. I've already tried 2 arrangements of the wires... the first gave a really low, dry output, while the second killed all signal... :/

 

[Hank-]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

I did the ohm method. Everything I tested showed as 0.00, save for the bottm left lead on the 3pdt, which I found controlls the attatched LED.

Are you sure you changed the dial from the diode position in the pic you posted to the new ohm range towards the left? Just checking.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Are you sure you changed the dial from the diode position in the pic you posted to the new ohm range towards the left? Just checking.

Yes. I changed it to 200k ohms.. this is also how I tested my capacitors before.

 

[EuphoriX]

Re: Broken crybaby 535Q PLEASE HELP!!

Here's my salvaged 3PDT switch, by the way. http://postimg.org/image/h863rw463/. As you can see, it's attached (pretty firmly) to a PCB, and has an LED on the side.(that white tube). I tried soldering to the 6 leads at the end, but I ha e no idea where each lead goes, nor do I know which wire to solder to which lead. I am in desperate need of better experience.