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  • January 1, 2009 at 12:36 am #77466
    fxcarden
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    Hello, I just bought a Micro POG and the adapter it came with gets hot after a few minutes and it smells like something burning. Is this normal, or did I get a bad adapter.

    January 1, 2009 at 1:08 am #89916
    The EH Man
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    Hello, I just bought a Micro POG and the adapter it came with gets hot after a few minutes and it smells like something burning. Is this normal, or did I get a bad adapter.

    I would try another adapter if possible and see if the problem reoccurs. If not, the adapter was bad. If so, the pedal has a problem.
    You might also try plugging in the adapter w/o anything attached to it and see if it still gets hot.

    January 1, 2009 at 2:25 am #89917
    fxcarden
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    Well, I followed your advice and plugged the adapter into the wall with nothing hanging off it, and it stayed cool. I also tried a BOSS adapter (9V 200mA) with the pedal and this one also got warm, but not as much. So do I have a bad pedal ?, drawing too much juice maybe ?….if so what do I do ?….return to where I bought it, or deal with EH directly ?………I must add that the pedal works great…..

    January 1, 2009 at 3:15 am #89919
    MING
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    My Micro Pog adapter gets really warm too. I don’t get the burning smell though.

    January 1, 2009 at 3:26 am #89920
    fxcarden
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    My Micro Pog adapter gets really warm too. I don’t get the burning smell though.

    Kinda freaks me out……I usually leave my board plugged in, so this is going to be an issue.

    :-(

    January 1, 2009 at 4:42 am #89923
    julian
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    Nothing wrong with a warm adapter, but a hot and smelly adapter might not be good. Though the smell could just be from some paint on a cap or something. New tubes get that where the paint heats up and gives this odd scent.

    Anyways, don’t leave your board on, switch off your power strip when you aren’t using it. For two reasons:

    1. saves energy
    2. if lightning were to strike your house with your pedals plugged in, it could be bad news for them!

    January 1, 2009 at 11:41 am #89934
    The EH Man
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    Well, I followed your advice and plugged the adapter into the wall with nothing hanging off it, and it stayed cool. I also tried a BOSS adapter (9V 200mA) with the pedal and this one also got warm, but not as much. So do I have a bad pedal ?, drawing too much juice maybe ?….if so what do I do ?….return to where I bought it, or deal with EH directly ?………I must add that the pedal works great…..

    If the store where you bought it has another, see if they’ll swap w/ you. Otherwise you may have to send it in for a warranty repair.

    January 1, 2009 at 2:32 pm #89940
    fxcarden
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    Thanks for the help. Just one more follow up….. I measured voltage on the adapter at 9.73 V, which I know is OK. I have no way to measure the amp draw. If I understand correctly, the heat is generated by the load, so that tells me the pedal draws close to the max capacity of the adapter. With that in mind, if I were to replace the adapter with another 9.6 V but rated at 250mA instead of 200mA, do you think that might help the heat situation ?. Could that hurt the pedal in any way ?.

    January 1, 2009 at 4:55 pm #89941
    electro-melx
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    Thanks for the help. Just one more follow up….. I measured voltage on the adapter at 9.73 V, which I know is OK. I have no way to measure the amp draw. If I understand correctly, the heat is generated by the load, so that tells me the pedal draws close to the max capacity of the adapter. With that in mind, if I were to replace the adapter with another 9.6 V but rated at 250mA instead of 200mA, do you think that might help the heat situation ?. Could that hurt the pedal in any way ?.

    I’d imagine the micropog draws quite a lot of power, hence the no battery option, using a power supply with a higher mA won’t hurt the pedal at all, (a one-spot can handle a draw up to 1700 mA) the pedal will only draw what it needs. I have no idea if it will help the heat situation though.

    January 2, 2009 at 12:54 am #89965
    fxcarden
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    Well…..it doesn’t matter…..in less than 48 hours since bought, the pedal quit working. Back to the store tomorrow morning. I think I’ll switch brands.

    February 13, 2009 at 2:10 pm #93248
    harpcat
    Member

    OH MAN!! I just joined this board for this vary reason …no smoke but the burning smell….bought the thing off of eBay…nothing tracks as well IMHO….But i can’t afford a fried pedal…i gig at least once a week…had the pedal 4 days..so far just the smell

    April 12, 2009 at 11:19 pm #95588
    tantor451
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    Bought a Micro Pog yesterday, tried out a few other brands but really liked this one. Got it home, read the instructions, hooked it up and played… sounded very nice. After about an hour of use I turned it off, turned off my amp and went to bed. Came back the next morning and could smell a weird electrical smell. Went to check the Pog adapter, it was quite warm and smelling like there “may” be an electrical issue. I left it unplugged for most of the day. came in plugged it in, turned on the amp stepped on the Pog button and it sounds AWFUL, beyond distorted garbled as if my amp has been thrown in a lake… not good at all, I switched out all the cords, checked all connections and it did not help.
    Ok, I am not going to give this unit a thumbs down, I think it is a power supply issue that hopefully can be resolved. So on Monday I will take it back and see what happens. If anyone has had a similar issue please post it. It is a good unit that may need better power supply units

    June 12, 2009 at 8:28 am #97782
    Bistoo
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    Burnt the adapter too, after 1 minute on Chinese current (220V)… My bad but still, the adapter seems really fragile. I am going to buy a European one, hope it will be better.

    June 12, 2009 at 10:53 am #97787
    electro-melx
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    Burnt the adapter too, after 1 minute on Chinese current (220V)… My bad but still, the adapter seems really fragile. I am going to buy a European one, hope it will be better.

    you plugged a 110v US adapter into 220v?

    June 12, 2009 at 11:06 am #97790
    Bistoo
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    Yeah I know… But usually most of the other adapters I have handle 110 to 220 V input.
    It lasted 5 secs

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