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    mrmcbeevee
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    Hi,
    I’ve got an ’83 Small Clone chorus and it works fine and sounds great,
    except that it takes a few seconds to get going when I click it on.
    It does this not only when I first click it on, but even after using it a few
    times in a row. It still takes 5 seconds or so before the chorus effect kicks in.
    The guitar signal comes through unchanged after clicking the footswitch,
    then after about 5 seconds, the chorus effect comes through as normal.
    Wondering if anyone knows what might be causing this. I’ve had a few
    replies in another forum that it’s not uncommon for chorus pedals to take a second
    or 2 to kick in, but this one does it not only the first time you turn it on,
    but every time, and as I said, takes more like 5 seconds to start the chorus effect.
    Would this be related to a capacitor kind of thing? I’m not that technically savvy
    with pedals, so any help would be appreciated. By the way, the pedal does this
    with both a 9v adapter and/or a 9v power supply.
    Thanks !

    #124409
    Scruffie
    Member

    There is a second or two delay once stomped on but 5 seconds does seem excessive. It will do it every time as it’s not a powering issue but the FET taking a moment to change states.

    It could very well be an aged cap, there’s a 47nF in the switching circuitry which may have drifted in value or a 1uF connected to the switching FET that could be leaky.

    #124411
    mrmcbeevee
    Member
    Quote:
    There is a second or two delay once stomped on but 5 seconds does seem excessive. It will do it every time as it’s not a powering issue but the FET taking a moment to change states.

    It could very well be an aged cap, there’s a 47nF in the switching circuitry which may have drifted in value or a 1uF connected to the switching FET that could be leaky.

    Okay. Thanks for the info. So can I measure those caps and see if they are at the spec
    they are supposed to be?

    #124436
    mrmcbeevee
    Member

    Anyone one else?….got any ideas as to why the delay? Thanks.

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