Question about LED- EDIT; voltage question

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Offline tintin

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on: August 27, 2020, 11:32:47 PM
I am working on the speedball circuitboards, and was testing the LEDs to make sure I didn't fry them when i was soldering them on. I was using the connectivity setting on my multimeter; for the small circuitboard, i found the bottom two LEDs lit up fine but the top two displayed around a 1000K resistance and didn't light up. Taking them out from the circuitboard I tested them again and they lit up fine. The same occurs on the large circuitboard with the topmost LED. Is there something in the circuit that stops them from lighting up?

EDIT: hooked everything up to crack and all the LEDs are functioning perfectly. Still curious about what stops the LEDs lighting up; still trying to understand circuit theory so any explanation is greatly appreciated!

Have another question after voltage check; all voltage readings are great EXCEPT for OA on the large circuit board, which is a little above the 10% threshold at 115V DC. I'm not hearing an imbalance but my voltages measure a little higher on the right channel for both circuit boards (for comparison, OB on large circuit board is 105V). All other values are well within threshold. Is the 115V reading of a concern? If it matters, I have a GEC 6AS7G (used about one hundred hours in another amp) and a Gold lion ECC82 (arrived a few days ago, about 50 hours on it) plugged in right now. My initial AC is coming out at 248V from the wall.
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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: August 28, 2020, 04:18:10 AM
If the voltage coming out of the small board is a little high, that will also move the voltage on one side of the big board a little high.

Some meters can light up both the LEDs once soldered into the board and some cannot, that's a big part of why we don't say anything about doing a diode check in the manual.

It is rather difficult to solder them in, remove them, then put them back in without damaging them, so you got a bit luck with that! 

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Reply #2 on: August 28, 2020, 06:46:27 PM
Ah I see about the LEDs, thanks Paul for the explanation. Bought some backups in case I did break them  :)

Just confirming again the 115V reading at OA is still within threshold and not a concern? Anything else I should watch out for/test to make sure? Speedball sounds great by the way. Thanks so much to you all for this awesome kit!



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Reply #3 on: August 28, 2020, 06:50:01 PM
What are OA and OB on the small board?

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Reply #4 on: August 28, 2020, 08:39:58 PM
OA = 87V OB= 81V on the small board.



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Reply #5 on: August 29, 2020, 06:09:02 AM
Yeah, I wouldn't be too concerned.

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