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Bass eating batteries
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I think some of the SR800 are wired backwards at the output jack.
Plug in a TRS cable & measure DC Volts from ring to sleeve.
@Spidey2112 had this problem, IIRC
Plug in a TRS cable & measure DC Volts from ring to sleeve.
@Spidey2112 had this problem, IIRC
Don't you wish someone made a Lo-Z XLR system to use the phantom power of a mixer to power active electronics?
It doesnt help that it's a different pre either. I don't know why he didnt use the Jack that came pre wired to the east pre and soldered onto the crappy barrel jack.
There is a French bass in my Guitar center that has that exact setup but set up for European power. Looks like something Les Claypool would play. It's really nice.
99% of the time the solution is a new output jack. This is what happens when they go bad.
It's a $15 part that needs 3 solder joints. Very easy do it yourself fix.
I have a nice one that came with the East pre. I don't know why my luthier didnt use it.
Hopefully it's a quick way fix and I can move on.
Thanks guys.
If a single strand of wired was touching from positive to negative it would create a constant drain correct ?
I'm not sure it was touching but there was a stray strand really close going from ground to power.
I'm not sure it was touching but there was a stray strand really close going from ground to power.
Memory like a steel trap, KBD!
Check the jack... probably have the negative of your battery wired straight to ground.
Unsure if you have this jack, or not, but principle is the same.
In my case, it was miswired (from the factory), with the ring and sleeve tab wires reversed (understandable, as both wires were black... but not forgiven).
If you check yours, see if you can't locate the black wire from the negative of the battery compartment. Give a little tug on it, seeing which black wire moves at the jack, ensuring it's on the correct lug of the jack...
According to the pic, this is straight to ground... so, no. Can you upload a pic?
Right pic... ensure your black battery wire is going to the thinner tab. The ground is the fatter tab.
From your pic, it looks as though the battery wire is going to the fat ground tab.
How awesome would that be to have a different color wire for either the ground, or battery connection?
Yes. Battery is going to short fat tab not long slender tab. If this is the problem I'm stoked. I sure didnt want to trouble shoot this rats nest.
Really appreciate this guys. Can you imagine trying to sort this kind of crap without the proper info?
It would be a nightmare.
It would be a nightmare.
Just reverse both black wires, with their respective lugs.
Could be that the output jack isn't disconnecting the pre when you take out the plug.
