Crack build in NJ

[Grainger49]

Phillippe,

I'm old, I can't make out your avatar.  What is it?  Maybe post the picture in a larger size?  I see a cat but can't make out the head or what is in its lap.  If you say it is another animal I'm really going to feel old.

 

[jrebman]

Philippe,

My last job before I had to retire for disability reasons was in Clifton and while there I lived in Little Falls and Montclair and a lot of my work colleagues had grown up in Bloomfield.  Can't say I've ever been there myself though.

I'm originally from the Princeton/Lawrenceville area myself.

-- Jim

 

[ptempel]

I'm old, I can't make out your avatar.  What is it?  Maybe post the picture in a larger size?  I see a cat but can't make out the head or what is in its lap.  If you say it is another animal I'm really going to feel old.

I think its a Nintendo DS (portable game thing).  It originally looks like a mini laptop to me so thought it was a funny avatar.  Sort of me as a geeky cat I guess.   I received the 270K resistor on Friday.  Just have been a lasy sow and have not installed it yet.

 

[Grainger49]

Philippe,

We need to get the Crack up and running.  The forum can walk you through it.  I'm still convinced the problem is in the cathode circuits.

 

[ptempel]

I think it's some Nintendo employee's cat.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/10/so-shigeru-miyamoto-now-has-a-cat/

Never saw the original image before.  Got mine from a copy at images.google.com.  Forgot what I searched for, but thought it was cute.   Learn something almost every day.

 

[ptempel]

Philippe,

We need to get the Crack up and running.  The forum can walk you through it.  I'm still convinced the problem is in the cathode circuits.

Sorry for the looong delay in replying.    We recently have been shuffling around a lot of stuff at home to make way for a new baby boy.  Still have the crack and will try to get the bleeder resister in there.  Will have to recheck the manual and meditate on the schematic for a bit to see how to check the cathode circuits.  I still have the speedball upgrade built and waiting in the parts box.  But don't want to touch it until I get my basic build debugged.

 

[tsingle999]

So a 300k resistor would work as a bleeder resistor then? If i put 2 150's in series?
I am in union city and building a crack too. I posted a photo under the topic crack construction. It would be fun to compare the 2 cracks sometime once they are upmand running n broken in.. I also have a couple bottlehead amps n a foreplay. Congrats on the new baby!

 

[jrebman]

Hi Philippe,

Congratulations on the new addition to the family!  Better get that amp going soon -- you're going to need those headphones .

Once you get some time and are ready to tackle the troubleshooting again, we'll all be here ready to assist.

-- Jim