Re: EDP and a BIG burst of static/hiss

["John Mcleod" <jmcleod@pacific.net>]

I can't remember which regulator it was now (U2 ?). I talked to Shane Radke
at Gibson, and he said it was normal for this regulator to run that hot !
Anyway, with the heatsink on, it runs cool and I have not had any problem
with it in the last year.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret" <echoplex@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: EDP and a BIG burst of static/hiss


>
> --- John Mcleod <jmcleod@pacific.net> wrote:
> > I had a problem something like this when I first bought my EDP. I
> > sent it
> > back to Gibson, and they said it was the memory, but they chose not
> > to
> > replace it ! When it was returned, I opened it up and found that one
> > of the
> > regulators was hot enough to burn eggs on, and if I used a fan to
> > cool it
> > off, the Howling sound it would produce every now and then would go
> > away.
> > So, I bought a small heatsink and attached it onto the regulator, and
> > the
> > box has worked fine ever since....
> >
> > John
> The original 2 voltage regulators run hot. They had a large rectangular
> block of metal as a heatsink between the regulator fin and the back of
> the edp case.
>
> The new regulator (1 reg replaces 2) runs very cool, no heatsink
> required.  You can replace it yourself, or have a technician do this.
> bret
>
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