Re: how to blow up your equipment

[daniel stevenson <stillllscary@yahoo.com>]

that is unfortunate...its one reason all my gear is battery powered and mobile.its a shame that i cant use the cool tools that dont have this capacity for battery use.if only the dl4 had a 1000 second delay time and feedback controll i would have all i need...
                      luck & good fortune,

                                                 very scary.
Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote:

> well, a couple days ago I did just about the worst thing you can do 
> to your gear....I
>  blew it up! in a stupid, jetlagged moment that I 
> won't go into, I plugged my US gear into a UK socket.
>
> POOF!! crackle. blue smoke.
>
> I realized immediately what I'd just done and cut the power. But it 
> was too late. Luckily I mostly fried the adaptors, and I'm hoping I 
> can replace them when I get back to the US. Some of the gear though, 
> like the Rane SM82, have the most ridiculous adaptors (a phone 
> plug???) and I had to replace them with substitute UK gear. The 
> FCB1010 is dead and gone, but I got another and spent the hour before 
> the show reprogramming it.
>
> But...and this made me so happy that I couldn't care less about the 
> other gear...
>
> The Repeaters are intelligent and take US or European power. THEY ARE 
> FINE!! Made me so happy that I didn't mind dropping 250 pounds on the 
> rest of the gear. Hooray for my beloved Repeaters. Let me compose and 
> ode to them....
>
> Anyway, I learnt my lesson! Thought I'd pass that
>  little story on to 
> ya'll
>
> loopily, Zoe

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