THD Hotplate DROPPED - help

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deadwrong666

deadwrong666

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Ok,

So i go in my basement and see a knob laying on the cement floor. It came from my hotplate (nobody will fess up to it in the family) :confused: . I pick up the hotplate and it sounds like a cracker jack box as there is ceramic falling out of it. I guess this unit is garbage now?

Shit, 400$.

Can it be repaired or is it fucked. :scared:

Any suggestions on a new hotplate? damn :doh:
 
The resistors they use in those units are only around $20-30 each, if I am not mistaken. Buy one with the corresponding ohm rating and install it.
 
deadwrong666":226b7i5t said:
Maybe i can send it to THD and they can repair it?
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I would do that. The repairs may or may not be difficult to do, but since the unit malfunctioning during use can cause problems ( I would think the hotplate malfunctioning during use would cause the impedance/ load problems with the output transformers in the amp) with the amp that may damage it, I would send it to them just to make sure it gets fixed 100% correctly and they can verify everything else is in working order.
 
mrkmas":3vs7g12i said:
deadwrong666":3vs7g12i said:
Maybe i can send it to THD and they can repair it?
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I would do that. The repairs may or may not be difficult to do, but since the unit malfunctioning during use can cause problems ( I would think the hotplate malfunctioning during use would cause the impedance/ load problems with the output transformers in the amp) with the amp that may damage it, I would send it to them just to make sure it gets fixed 100% correctly and they can verify everything else is in working order.
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Exactly my thinking as well......not sure i trust my soldering and who knows what else shook loose.
 
Let us know how it turns out! I have a hotplate that was dropped as well, and I'd love to get it fixed.
 
me 3
old amp stand collapsed tonight during setup-
caught the amp but hotplate took a digger. snapped my monster speaker cable plug and now hotplate won't pass signal.
 
Maybe u can do a switch, order one new an switch unit or just the guts,then send back for refund .
 
good news-
i unscrewed the lid and inspected the guts and didn't see anything out of sorts except for a small dead moth?!?! :D --cleaned it out and fired it up...BINGO! tone aplenty.

...man my peacemaker sounds good.... :rock:
 
mentoneman":vzhqxr2o said:
stephen sawall":vzhqxr2o said:
The dead moth is a custom order .... rare...
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lol was so random.
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:) I'm sure it is some kind of sympathetic magic THD is using.

Mine got knocked off the top of a full stack by a over zealous singer and hit the wall on the way down. The speaker chord was bent 90*..... works fine. That was in 2004...
 
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