I noticed this a few days ago so I took the ic off and turned the board over and soldered it to the strips themselves so pin 1 is still going straight to the diodes and pin 4 is ground and pin 8 is power so everything should be wired correctly respective to where is should be. on the gaspedal dumbbell schematic how there are the 11 cuts I cut them backwards cuz the copper strips are on the bottom from where you put all the components through so I basically have the whole board wired up backwards. never woulda thought of that! makes me feel better to know that I'm not the only one who can't get it right the first couple of times. that's a great idea just trying to wire it up as single first.
but I have voodoo lab power supply mounted under my board so I'm good there. I don't have any room inside the chassis to fit a battery. I originally saw the two switches without reading what the names were closely. I was mistaken the first time when looking at the offboard wiring page.
So I trouble shot the whole board to avoid having to de-solder the stomp and put a new one in. I fried a stompswitch from too much heat and I knew it, but was too stubborn to admit it. This takes a lot of the potential wiring problems out of the troubleshooting equation. Try wiring the board up with alligator clips and a battery wired directly to the board. Plus, it is only the ground that is getting broken.Ĥ. But wiring it takes some thought! This switch doesn't care whether the power is from battery or plug, because THAT switch is upstream of this switch. Without the plug inserted, the ground is disconnected, and your pedal is off. If wired correctly, the mono guitar plug inserted into the stereo input jack connects the ground to the power supply.
ON OFF SWITCH WIRING FULL
Gain a full understanding, with parts in hand, of the Stereo Input Jack "ground switching" to control on/off. Experience! It's better than just following the diagram.ģ. But wiring it takes some thought! Use your meter to check the lugs for continuity before you soldier anything. You know this from your store bought pedals. So your battery is off if you have an external power plugged in. When a 9V plug is inserted, it disconnects the ground wire coming from the battery. Gain a full understanding, with parts in hand and an ohm-meter, of the DC jack power source switching. That's what I did with my Arctic White Fuzz.Ģ. If no, then use Mark's diagram at the VERY top of the page.Īfter you get some experience, you can use the battery clip version from that Beavis link combined with Mark's switching method that grounds the board on bypass (again, at the VERY top of this page).
ON OFF SWITCH WIRING INSTALL
Do you want to install a battery clip? If yes, then follow this link: So here is what I have gained in my fist few projects that I think are particularly helpful to noobs like us:ġ. So, you might want to wire this up as a single like in the very top diagram. But this new hobby is more than just a puzzle, as I am finding out. But experience teaches you things that even the brightest mind can't get, even from apparent complete understanding. But I haven't have anything fire up the first time yet. I'll bet you have a pretty high IQ, because this stuff on paper looks like childsplay so you jumped right into an ambitious project. or with a booster circuit? For a first project, you may be going a little too complicated. Are you building the dumbbell as a single effect now? Or are you still putting in a dual effect box with some other effect.