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Sounds like you need to clean your pot

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In Reply to: RE: Channel crackles and cuts in and out posted by ThomDP on September 04, 2007 at 13:52:27

Seeds taste nasty anyway... ;p
No really it sounds like the balance potentiometer (pot) is dirty.
You can not use a q-tip and alcohol. Use a good electrical contact cleaner, preferably one that leaves a little lubricant behind. These can be found a any decent electronics distributer, and should come with a little plastic tube to put on the can to reach into small openings.
I do not know that exact model so I will be general. If it is a slider type balance control then you might be able to get to it from the front, Try to get the little tube inside the control and give it a squirt.
If it is a rotating knob then you will have to open up the unit and find the control. It may be one or two stacked potentiometer. There should be a little opening on the side that has the leads, (probably the side that is soldered to the board) stick the tube in and give a squirt. Might as well hit them all while you are in there.
Either way after squirting each pot or slider you need to turn or slide them back and forth a few times to clean them.

Edits: 09/04/07 09/04/07

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RE: Sounds like you need to clean your pot - ThomDP 18:02:24 09/04/07 (3)
Thanks,

This is the amp. I'll give it a try and let you know.

Thanks
Dennis
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- fixed! - ThomDP 20:23:23 09/04/07 (2)
  I cleaned the pot with a little alcohol and it worked like a charm.
  
  Thanks
  Dennis
  - But for how long? - Tweekeng 21:15:21 09/04/07 (1)
    That might have cleaned it but the alcohol probably also removed the lubrication.
    
    Now every time you move the control you will be scraping carbon off the pot leading to dead spots and eventual failure.
    - RE: But for how long? - ThomDP 11:28:59 09/05/07 (0)
      Thanks,
      
      I'll heed your advice and put some lubrication on the Pot when I get a chance.
      
      Until then I won't fiddle with the balance control.
      
      Thanks again
      Dennis

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