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  • #190250
    BBnP
    Participant

    I got a used Ehx Killswitch pedal that isn’t working correctly, it works kind of backwards. The LED is always on and the knobs don’t react at all. Footswitch works and kills the sound, also LED turns off when footswitch is pressed. When effect loop is connected the loop is always on and pressing footswitch kills the loop sound.

    Any idea what causes this and can it be fixed?

    #190251
    EHX STAFF
    Keymaster

    Please write the techs at info@ehx.com
    they can help you out!

    #196802
    Max
    Participant

    Hey, have you found a solution to this problem? My Killswitch has the same behaviour.

    #196832
    BBnP
    Participant

    Yes, I got some answers. In my case the problem was a broken rotary switch. These were the instructions EHX support gave to me:
    “A: Check that R22 is making contact and is actually 22K. (In my case this was OK.)
    B: Measure some voltages with your multimeter set to DC Voltage? The maximum voltage will be under 10V.

    1. Measure the voltage on pin 1 of U2. You should measure either a voltage under 0.2V (low) or a voltage that is greater than 8V (high).
    2. Measure the voltage on pin 2 of U2. You should measure the opposite voltage as compared to what you measured on pin 1. If pin 1 was low, pin 2 should be high and vice versa.
    3. Now move the ENGAGE switch to its other position and repeat the voltage measurements. The voltages at both pins should flip when you change the ENGAGE switch setting.

    – If the voltages at both pins do flip, then most likely the problem is a bad U3.
    – If the voltage on U2 pin 1 flips but not the voltage on pin 2 then most likely it is a bad U2.
    – If neither voltage flips then the problem is either R22 is not making proper contact on both sides of itself or the ENGAGE switch has a problem.”

    In my case the voltages didn’t change, but “since U2 Pin 1 is at 9.15V, R22 is doing its job of pulling up the pin. So the problem is with the rotary switch, S2.”

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