MONTE
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I just spent 10 hrs. repairing and rebuilding a Mackie board that got a "gooey liquid" spilled inside of it. My brain being fried, I must vent!!!! Here are a few things common sense says you should already know, but aparently some still don't.
1) Mackie boards suck to repair. While they may sound alright for the price, if it ever breaks out of warranty your going to pay that money you saved at purchase time on a large repair bill. The PC board in a Mackie is just that...one big circuit board (no seperate channel strips). If ANYTHING goes wrong with the board, every single knob screw and nut must be removed to access the component side of the board. If you can afford it, try to buy a mixer with seperate channel pc boards (if anyone makes one anymore!)
2) DON'T SET DRINKS IN SPILLING RANGE OF ANYTHING ELECTRONIC...especially if there are holes in the top of it (vent holes, slider slots, etc.) It doesn't matter if your careful. Everybody goofs up now and then. Mop heads are cheaper than electronic repair!
3) If you do spill into a piece of gear don't try to save money by waiting 'till it dries and then plugging it in again. Besides the obvious risk of electrocution, if liquid is still remaing in the unit you could damage it further and the repair could cost even more.
Even if the unit does work initially, I gaurantee you at least some corrosion will begin to eat away at component leads and pc boards. Depending on how much and what kind of liquid it is, there could eventually be enough corrosive damage to render "it" useless.
4) If some drunken "ahole" intentionally throws a drink on your board during a live performance get his credit card number BEFORE you kill him. Set his severed head neatly on top of your effects rack as a constant reminder to all those contemplating similar actions.
1) Mackie boards suck to repair. While they may sound alright for the price, if it ever breaks out of warranty your going to pay that money you saved at purchase time on a large repair bill. The PC board in a Mackie is just that...one big circuit board (no seperate channel strips). If ANYTHING goes wrong with the board, every single knob screw and nut must be removed to access the component side of the board. If you can afford it, try to buy a mixer with seperate channel pc boards (if anyone makes one anymore!)
2) DON'T SET DRINKS IN SPILLING RANGE OF ANYTHING ELECTRONIC...especially if there are holes in the top of it (vent holes, slider slots, etc.) It doesn't matter if your careful. Everybody goofs up now and then. Mop heads are cheaper than electronic repair!
3) If you do spill into a piece of gear don't try to save money by waiting 'till it dries and then plugging it in again. Besides the obvious risk of electrocution, if liquid is still remaing in the unit you could damage it further and the repair could cost even more.
Even if the unit does work initially, I gaurantee you at least some corrosion will begin to eat away at component leads and pc boards. Depending on how much and what kind of liquid it is, there could eventually be enough corrosive damage to render "it" useless.
4) If some drunken "ahole" intentionally throws a drink on your board during a live performance get his credit card number BEFORE you kill him. Set his severed head neatly on top of your effects rack as a constant reminder to all those contemplating similar actions.
