What would you do?

[jastacey]

Did a gig last night, I walked in and took one look at the wall outlets, and the electrician in me said, go get the Fluke Multi-meter, so I said don't plug anything in till I check voltages, well people don't listen and everyone was in a hurry and my gear was plugged in and turned on, by the nitwhit bandleader, who promptly said I have poopie gear ( Tome Hammer 500 ), cause it turned on only briefly, turns out one set of outlets was 242 volts, and I'm fearing that cooked my amp, club owner is totally ambivalent to the issue, pretty much says it isn't so, bandmate says it's not his problem, even after I told every one not to plug in, till things check out

 

[sleeplessknight]

Punctuation and grammar is your friend, friend.

 

[RoadRanger]

Nobody plugs in and turns on my gear - ever. Sounds like you've let this happen before?

 

[buldog5151bass]

Wascanyone else's gear plugged into that outlet, and is anything else damaged?

 

[Renaissance]

Was your amp fried or not? Was anyone else plugged into that outlet? How is their gear? Did the gig go on?

Did you show the club owner the 242 volt reading?

 

[dtripoli]

Punctuation and grammar is your friend, friend.

That is the longest single sentence I've ever read on TB, period. LOL
Seriously though, how can a standard outlet be 242 volts?
Also, why on earth is anybody touching your gear?
We always bring power strips. They blow first, protecting your gear.

 

[jastacey]

Didn't know the Grammer police would be such an issue!
Hack wiring, is always an issue in non- inspected work, almost always some
one trying to skirt the rules and save a few dollars.
Bar owner flat out right said my meter was wrong, the other item that was plugged in was a set of LED lights that were auto-range/universal, in the voltage input, a power supply that is also auto-range/universal was plugged into that outlet
As to letting others plug in my stuff, this was a first
As to using power strips good idea, I use a Furman power regulator

 

[two fingers]

Wrll, did it fry your amp or not?

 

[elgecko]

...I'm fearing that cooked my amp...

Well?

 

[jastacey]

Don't know, weekend .... Got a e- mail off to Aguilar, as to how to proceed, since this is a dual voltage amp, I'm sure they have seen this before
There is no distinct burnt smell, hoping it is just a internal fuse, but over voltage on these newer style power supplies, is the unknown.

 

[gln1955]

Huh? What possible reason would there be to have a standard wall outlet carry 242 volts? Assuming it actually did, this has never been a problem for anyone before this incident?

 

[dtripoli]

Didn't know the Grammer police would be such an issue!
Hack wiring, is always an issue in non- inspected work, almost always some
one trying to skirt the rules and save a few dollars.
Bar owner flat out right said my meter was wrong, the other item that was plugged in was a set of LED lights that were auto range, in the voltage input, a power supply that is also auto range was plugged into that outlet
As to letting others plug in my stuff, this was a first
As to using power strips good idea, I use a Furman power regulator

Wow, sounds like all the things that never or rarely happened, did.
Unfortunate for you but we appreciate the gig set up warning.
As for the grammar police... here on TalkBass we're more like grammar comedians.

 

[jastacey]

Don't know about any others, but being an electrician you'd be surprised at what some people will do

 

[two fingers]

Yeah I had it happen years ago. One outlet along a whole wall was 240 (standard 120V wall outlet). Fried a keyboard and a bass processor.

Which band member plugged it in? And is he claiming he didn't hear you or it just isn't his problem?

Have you checked to see if a fuse popped?

 

[fdeck]

Punctuation and grammar is your friend, friend.

Muphry's law - Wikipedia

 

[two fingers]

Punctuation and grammar is your friend, friend.

Punctuation and grammar ARE your friendS, friend.

 

[Ric5]

We always bring power strips. They blow first, protecting your gear.

THIS!!!

 

[PauFerro]

No matter what happens, my guess is that you are on the hook for the cost of the repairs, unless some kind of warranty can happen. Band members and club owner won't pay a dime. Been there.

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

Shouldn't we know the name of the venue?

 

[CGremlin]

well people don't listen and everyone was in a hurry and my gear was plugged in and turned on

This right here is a good reason to keep your fuses in your pocket until you're ready to turn everything on.