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Started by Discö Rice, November 14, 2012, 07:10:20 PM

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Danny G

Ha!

No not him. He's hella cool.

Waiting to see how the situation plays out before going into any further details.


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Danny G

Heh


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liquidsmoke

I am a newborn baby. It's awesome when you figure out that the washing machine is fucking with your amps and that they aren't in fact fucked up.  :D

Danny G

^ That is very awesome.


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liquidsmoke

I learn something every decade!

jibberish

how was the washing machine fucking up your amps?

also, being an electrical trouble-shooter my whole life, my instincts tell me this is a "too quickly jump to solution" situation.

liquidsmoke

When it's on my amps cut out and/or make weird sounds. It goes away when the machine is done with a load.

Pissy

I go away when I'm done with a load too. 

What sort of washing machine do you have, fucking with time-space?
Vinyls.   deal.

everdrone

thats why I have a furman p1800 conditioner, this one: http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=P-1800PF

all those lights, PA, bad 50 year old bar elctrical wiring...everyone hits low e string at same time...

Danny G

Quote from: jibberish on April 08, 2016, 02:56:05 AM
how was the washing machine fucking up your amps?


Putting them in the washing machine will certainly fuck them (and the washing machine) up ;)
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jibberish

ahhh, maybe it is a power sharing load problem.

are both the washer and amp on the same breaker?

are you in an ancient 25amp main breaker alva Edison original apartment? haha



wiss-CAN-sin.  it's more north than parts of Canada. this is the most likely ghost in the machine.

I heard the story about neil young and his amp. it was his baby for so long he could tell within a volt or 2 what the mains voltage was at wherever he was playing.

liquidsmoke

Quote from: Pissy on April 08, 2016, 06:50:45 AM
I go away when I'm done with a load too.

I'm a cuddler.

Quote from: Pissy on April 08, 2016, 06:50:45 AM
What sort of washing machine do you have, fucking with time-space?

I got the base model when Sears was briefly selling that Stephen Hawking line. I might remove the sweet emblem of him in his chair and put it on my XXX which should give the tone a neo-space rock edge.

Quote from: everdrone on April 08, 2016, 07:58:45 AM
thats why I have a furman p1800 conditioner, this one: http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=P-1800PF

all those lights, PA, bad 50 year old bar elctrical wiring...everyone hits low e string at same time...

Good idea but they aren't cheap. I think I'll just not play and wash at the same time.

Quote from: jibberish on April 08, 2016, 02:38:46 PM
ahhh, maybe it is a power sharing load problem.

are both the washer and amp on the same breaker?

are you in an ancient 25amp main breaker alva Edison original apartment? haha



wiss-CAN-sin.  it's more north than parts of Canada. this is the most likely ghost in the machine.

Probably on the same breaker, I think the whole basement is. I imagine I could fix that if I had any knowledge of that stuff but I don't. It was probably upgraded at some point but evidently not very well/not enough/keep in mind I don't know what I'm talking about.

everdrone

ya do that, dont settle for a cheaper version.  they are nice to protect expensive amps from unforseeable stuff, if you can cut off the problem at the start it might even be better for that one instance. 


later on just think of the horrible hole in the wall clubs and tons of lights, fans and everything plugged in with front of stage loud as possible!

liquidsmoke

I'll keep it in mind if I play out live again but the P1800 costs more than any of my amps. What's wrong with the cheaper ones?

everdrone

I have some cheaper ones and you can hear appliances in them a bit like I plug a fan into the same furman strip and I hear it in my speakers some, to me that is not good

youll just wanna upgrade really

mainly consider a surge protector as cheaper defense, Ive seen dudes amps get fried cause of bad electrical sockets

zachoff

First show tonight with the new band.  Hardest part is not drinking beers yet.

liquidsmoke

Quote from: everdrone on April 09, 2016, 03:57:09 PM
I have some cheaper ones and you can hear appliances in them a bit like I plug a fan into the same furman strip and I hear it in my speakers some, to me that is not good

youll just wanna upgrade really

mainly consider a surge protector as cheaper defense, Ive seen dudes amps get fried cause of bad electrical sockets

Both very bad things.

jibberish

ok here is the winner plan:

get yourself 400 semi truck batteries and then you......



everdrone

I was at the former Emo's location indoors at South by Southwest festival (famous venue, they changed locations)

first band plugged in to that socket, amp died

next band plugged into that wall socket, amp died

RacerX

Did these amps not have fuses?  ???
Livin' The Life.

dogfood

Hmmmm, coincidence?  Receptacles unless improperly wired spit out 115-125v depending on the utility company.  Usually they like to push the voltage towards 125v so as to reduce voltage drop.  If the ungrounded and grounded conductors were swapped some sensitive electronics could be fucked, I've seen a fancy tv take a shit because of this.  Also, some moron could have managed to wire the receptacle hot + hot = 240v but this sort of thing gets notice real fucking fast.  I don't see the receptacle being the only outlet on the circuit so lights and other receptacles would also get the incoming voltage that the amps took and the entire building is being fed from the same transformer.  So, unless you are an electrician with a proper tester I'd go with E.D.'s solution and use a power conditioner and a pocket of fuses.  Clubs are wired for shit.
Problem solving whiskey!

Submarine

Quote from: dogfood on April 10, 2016, 01:07:53 PM
 Clubs are wired for shit.

Just did a show the other night. All power was non-grounded 2 prong outlets. that put me 30 minutes behind schedule running around looking for a hardware store to purchase some ground lifts. I carry one in my bag for emergencies, not 10+ to cover everything. 

zachoff

We tripped the breaker at the Lion's Lair (Denver) twice in one set.  Was a good night. ;D

everdrone

Quote from: dogfood on April 10, 2016, 01:07:53 PM
Hmmmm, coincidence?  Receptacles unless improperly wired spit out 115-125v depending on the utility company.  Usually they like to push the voltage towards 125v so as to reduce voltage drop.  If the ungrounded and grounded conductors were swapped some sensitive electronics could be fucked, I've seen a fancy tv take a shit because of this.  Also, some moron could have managed to wire the receptacle hot + hot = 240v but this sort of thing gets notice real fucking fast.  I don't see the receptacle being the only outlet on the circuit so lights and other receptacles would also get the incoming voltage that the amps took and the entire building is being fed from the same transformer.  So, unless you are an electrician with a proper tester I'd go with E.D.'s solution and use a power conditioner and a pocket of fuses.  Clubs are wired for shit.

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