pearly gates - is this faulty??

[oldpicker]

never having much experience with buckers i am a little puzzled by this.
the PG has 5 wires and i solder red to white and wind the green and bare together - checking the resistance to see if all is ok i find a reading of around 4k

mmm

so i unwound the green and bare and touch green and black with the probes and get a more reasonable 8.4 k or hereabouts - black to bare also gives around 4k

i have another set of pups from another maker who has the bare and green wrpped together and the resistance is right

what i am wondering is when i ground both green and bare from the PGates i will have output resitance of 4k correct? even if i ground them to different points? the SD schematic shows both wires soldered to the volume pot
would that not be the same as winding both together and then grounding?

 

[Artie]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

The PG has 5 wires and i solder red to white and wind the green and bare together - checking the resistance to see if all is ok i find a reading of around 4k

Where are you taking this measurement at this step?

so i unwound the green and bare and touch green and black with the probes and get a more reasonable 8.4 k or hereabouts - black to bare also gives around 4k

Depending on the answer to my fisrt question, it sounds as though either the red or white is touching the frame under the tape somewhere. Unsolder the red and white and measure each to the bare. If one is shorted, it means the tape for that coil connection has probably slipped off.

 

[oldpicker]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

Where are you taking this measurement at this step?

Depending on the answer to my fisrt question, it sounds as though either the red or white is touching the frame under the tape somewhere. Unsolder the red and white and measure each to the bare. If one is shorted, it means the tape for that coil connection has probably slipped off.

i am measuring with a multimeter probe on the tips of the pickup wires -
it is not installed into a guitar.

i purchased this pup from a dealer in the US - if it is faulty is it able to be dealt with in australia or would it need to be returned to the states??

 

[Artie]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

i am measuring with a multimeter probe on the tips of the pickup wires . . .

I understand that. I meant, which two colors? You need to do the measurement of red-to-ground, (bare or frame, not green), and white to ground to determine if the pup is faulty.

Keep in mind, that all you'ld need to do is unwrap the outer layer of black tape, and retape the red or white wire to fix this. Still, I understand if you don't want to mess with that on a brand new pup.

You'll probably need to return it to the dealer you bought it from, but I'll let one of the admins address that for sure.

 

[oldpicker]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

I understand that. I meant, which two colors? You need to do the measurement of red-to-ground, (bare or frame, not green), and white to ground to determine if the pup is faulty.

Keep in mind, that all you'ld need to do is unwrap the outer layer of black tape, and retape the red or white wire to fix this. Still, I understand if you don't want to mess with that on a brand new pup.

You'll probably need to return it to the dealer you bought it from, but I'll let one of the admins address that for sure.

ok i measured white to ground [case] and red to gound [case]
the white measures 0.01 [open circuit? short?] the red measures 1 or no short - same as when probes are touching each other reads 1

 

[Artie]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

That would indicate that both red and white are shorted to ground. The pickup would be stuck in "split" mode all the time. What range is the meter set on?

 

[oldpicker]

Re: pearly gates - is this faulty??

meter is set on 20k
well that sounds right as it reads around 4k until i pull the bare off the green then it reads aound 8.5k - so the pickup is faulty??