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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: Miken7 on September 12, 2016, 08:53:00 AM

Title: Crack not working, help!
Post by: Miken7 on September 12, 2016, 08:53:00 AM

Hey guys,

Total noob here, just purchased the crack and speedball a few months back and finally got around to building it last week. Unfortunately, I have no engineering background and have basically no knowledge base on which I can begin troubleshooting :( and I'm unable to get it turned on.  I have some desoldering wick, a voltmeter with me for assistance. Thanks again everyone!

Title: Re: Crack not working, help!
Post by: Doc B. on September 12, 2016, 09:07:02 AM

There is a troubleshooting guide in the manual and there is also one at this link

http://bottlehead.com/smf/index.php?topic=1667.0 (http://bottlehead.com/smf/index.php?topic=1667.0)

Title: Re: Crack not working, help!
Post by: fullheadofnothing on September 12, 2016, 09:07:46 AM

You said you have the Crack and Speedball, is this a stock built Crack?

Did you do the resistance checks?

Voltage checks?

Title: Re: Crack not working, help!
Post by: Miken7 on September 12, 2016, 05:31:14 PM

Yes it is a stock built crack and speedball. I did the resistance checks and got very strange results. Here they are below.

Title: Re: Crack not working, help!
Post by: fullheadofnothing on September 12, 2016, 06:13:24 PM

A stock Crack build DOES NOT have a Speedball.

Your first step is to remove the Speedball and install the resistors.

Then repeat the resistance checks.

DO NOT plug in your Crack without passing resistance checks. The instructions are quite clear about this.