SE Electronics SE3

[luisb]

hi guys i have this mic which i love but i had a problem with some nois it was producing when i activated the pad. i opened the mic and the pad resistor was not working properly i took it out to replace it and it was labelled 1Km I've tried to find one just like that but here in Colombia noones knows what rating it is and I haven't been able to find it. i would like to know where can i find a replacement and what does 1Km actually means... i've heard is 1GΩ but not sure. I would appreciated if anyone can help me out as it is one of the mic i use the most! (specially for Hi Hats!!! )

Thanks Alot

 

[dgatwood]

hi guys i have this mic which i love but i had a problem with some nois it was producing when i activated the pad. i opened the mic and the pad resistor was not working properly i took it out to replace it and it was labelled 1Km I've tried to find one just like that but here in Colombia noones knows what rating it is and I haven't been able to find it. i would like to know where can i find a replacement and what does 1Km actually means... i've heard is 1Gohm but not sure. I would appreciated if anyone can help me out as it is one of the mic i use the most! (specially for Hi Hats!!! )

That's very odd, nonstandard notation, but it probably means 1Kohm (1000 ohm). I assume that's what you meant. It probably isn't 1 Gohm (1,000,000,000 ohm), which would basically be an insulator at any sane voltage....

 

[craigmorris74]

No, it's probably a 1G resistor. They were labeled the same thing in the mics I've worked on. Have you tried measuring it with a meter?

 

[MCI2424]

1Km is a 1 gigohm resistor.

Here:
http://www.manleylabs.com/PDF/PRO_Manuals/Langevin/CR3A/L CR3A Manual.pdf

It is at the botoom of the second page of this manual.

 

[dgatwood]

1Km is a 1 gigohm resistor.

Here:
http://www.manleylabs.com/PDF/PRO_Manuals/Langevin/CR3A/L CR3A Manual.pdf

It is at the botoom of the second page of this manual.

Wow. It really is.... Bizarre. What's the point of such a resistor? Couldn't you just solder a jumper and cut it in the middle and achieve roughly the same effect?

 

[luisb]

Thanks for all your replies... it aparently is 1 gig ohm but since i'mk in colombia it is very difficult to find it. if anyone knows who sells it over the net so i can order it a repair my mic!!
Cheers!

 

[homestudioguy]

Click on this link, http://www.seelectronics.com/whatsnew.html
scroll down the page and click on CONTACT.
Send them an e-mail about this situation.
I'm sure you'll be helped.
BG/HSG

 

[MCI2424]

Wow. It really is.... Bizarre. What's the point of such a resistor? Couldn't you just solder a jumper and cut it in the middle and achieve roughly the same effect?

One application is if you have a signal input that you can't leave "floating" but you don't want to draw virtually any current at all, you tie a 1 gig res that has no affect on the circuit other than keeping the input from changing states randomly. There are many other applications, but the idea is that such a high resistance draws virtually no current and therfore is "invisible" to the circuit (like measurement equipment, O-scopes, Multi-meters etc.)