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AGHH! I think I just blew my new POD Pro!!

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  • 13-09-2006 1:32pm
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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭


    I just received it a few minutes ago from the UK. What I'd forgotten since I won the eBay auction last week is that it is an american version needing 110v not 220v like here! Agh! Is there any hope or is it €300 and my new toy straight for the bin?


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Was there any loud bangs or the smell of burning?


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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭frobisher


    No, it just went kind of ffzzt...


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    bombidol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭bombidol


    go out and buy a step down adapter, should only be a tenner. Chances are that it just blew a fuse anyway which should be handy enough to replace.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Oh dear. Get thee to a repair man


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    david
    Registered Users Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    Its blown, get a step down transformer to test it anyway though, like 20 quids worth from maplin. I take it that it has a built in power transformer (ie takes a kettle lead)? If you're lucky it might just have a blown transformer so it may be repairable


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    david
    Registered Users Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    Actually yeah, fuse change would be my first step in rectifying the problem


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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭frobisher


    Good point, hopefully there is an internal fuse. yes it does take a kettle lead so hopefully any damage is limited to either a fuse or a transformer.


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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭frobisher


    Agh! I think I have found a fuse! I've popped the POD open (no burning smell or signs of burn) and right by the power supply is what looks exactly like a fuse. The print around right says "F, 0.4a, 120v, which I'm hoping means it's a 120 volt fuse that has protected the unit! Unfortunately the fuse doesn't actually look like it's blown.
    Any thoughts?


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Can you actually check the fuse? With a multimedia or fuse checker?


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    david
    Registered Users Posts: 3,684 ✭✭✭david


    Time for a trip to maplins methinks


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    Slaanesh
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 1,863 Mod ✭✭✭✭Slaanesh


    feylya wrote:
    Can you actually check the fuse? With a multimedia or fuse checker?

    hehe, 'multimedia'. Must me a multimetre with audio video and graphical capabilities :P


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Doh. That's what I get for posting in work while trying to fix some plebs sound.


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    440Hz
    Registered Users Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭440Hz


    Oh dear... sympathies++

    You got thread of the day though! Im surprised noone has posted asking what you latest Apple product a POD Pro is :D

    Good luck with the repairs. Best wishes to the patient


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    [Deleted User]
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    440Hz wrote:
    You got thread of the day though! Im surprised noone has posted asking what you latest Apple product a POD Pro is :D

    Good luck with the repairs. Best wishes to the patient

    You know, I was thinking that until I saw that this was the Instruments forum. Funnily enough, all the related threads at the bottom of the page think the same :)


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    whupass
    Registered Users Posts: 828 ✭✭✭whupass


    so yeah what is a POD? is it a speaker? or what?


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    whupass wrote:
    so yeah what is a POD? is it a speaker? or what?

    Very briefly it's a multieffects/modelling device for guitars. Very unbriefly is the description from their site.


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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭frobisher


    I bought a US to Irish power converter yesterday from Maplin but the didn't have the exact fuse I needed. Because the fuse doesn't look blown I was hoping there may have been a safety switch but alas my new baby didn't work. I'll have to go hunting for a fuse and then probably for a power supply. OH DEAR GOD WHY ME!!?


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Did you check the flow of the flux capacitor?


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Are you suggesting he should reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Johnny Storm wrote:
    Are you suggesting he should reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?

    And create a parodox? Certainly not!


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    frobisher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭frobisher


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Did you check the flow of the flux capacitor?

    You obviously haven't read the end of my sig. I am one flux capaicitor light.

    In other news.... It turns out that the internal fuse in my POD is blown so at the moment there is hope. Fingers crossed it will have done its job and the surge won't have gotten by into the power transformer (yes, Optimus Prime lives in my POD pro).


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