Help! So close! Left channel failed after five minutes; [RESOLVED]

[Necplur]

I tested the resistance between Terminal 3 and A3 and got nothing.  Now, I've not heard it called DC Resistance before.  I just measured resistance like I normally did.


I get zero.

[Paul Birkeland]

Zero is not nothing, zero would mean you have a short between A3 and terminal 3, which would be a huge problem.

On the other hand, OL would mean infinite resistance, which would be a likely proper outcome from this measurement.

[Necplur]

I'm sorry, it said that:0L

[Necplur]

It was the LED!  (I know, I know.  It was >I< (not a defect in the LED) who mangled the thing so much...)

As soon as I removed the solder to re-solder it, the LED fell.  The wire on the un-banded side fell away, clean, from the LED.

Question:  Do I need the LED or can connect A3 with the center with some 20AWG wire?

[Paul Birkeland]

You can connect A3 to A8 with a jumper wire.  Do not wire A3 to the center post of the 9 pin socket.

[Necplur]

OK, I ordered the replacement LED's.  In the meantime, I connected A3 to A8, as a temporary connection.

Everything looks good... except:  The four places I should be getting 0V, I'm getting 0.002V, on terminals 3,6,8,10 (when setting my meter to VDC "2";  It reads 0.02V when setting the meter to "20" and 0.2V when setting to "200")

Resistance checks are normal.

[Paul Birkeland]

If I told you that you had two tenths of a cent in your bank account, you'd tell me that you're broke.  That's plenty close to 0V.

[Necplur]

Whew!  Thanks so much! (I didn’t know if it weren’t exactly zeroing it meant something. Like leaking. )

Spent about an hour with 650’s and Verite Closed. Love this thing!

This help was amazing. Thanks again.