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Hi Dave- The Echoplex has to get very hot to start behaving that way. If it was 80 degrees out and sunny, the temperature inside a rack of black metal electronics boxes, all generating their own heat with little air-flow and the sun beating on them is going to be far hotter! You should be careful about that. Even though the Echoplex was the first to act up, other items are likely to have been close to the edge as well. Digital electronics frequently don't work well at extreme temperatures. All sorts of data errors can start occuring (which is probably what was happening to you.) Even if they don't obviously show problems during use, you are defintely reducing the life-span of your gear. A rule of thumb for electronics reliability in manufacturing is for every 10 degrees of operating temperature, you reduce the life of the product by half! If you are going to be playing outside in the sunlight on hot days, I would highly suggest keeping your gear under some sort of shade and have a fan blow air through your rack. That will bring the temperature down considerably inside those metal boxes! Your gear will be more reliable and last a lot longer. kim At 1:37 PM -0800 12/10/00, future perfect wrote: > Yeah, my noises range from little crackles and pops to loud, ugly digital >glitches, which gets recorded onto the loop and repeats. This is only >when I >perform in a hot room, or outside in the sun. > > Dave Eichenberger- guitars.loops.devices >http://www.hazardfactor.com > > > >> >> I have a similar problem, but my EDP makes LOUD and UGLY noises >> when it over >> heats. >> ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com