kerryhall1 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Very stupid question I know, but I have to ask it. One of my band mates unfortunately dropped a beer very close to my Helix rack foot controller. No beer spilled on it, except for a splash on the RJ45 jack and the row of jacks for the expression pedals. When I pulled the expression pedal cable out, the actual metal part of the plug was wet with beer. Same with the cat5 cable, the actual copper connectors were a bit wet. However, there doesn't seem to be any malfunction. Has anyone had anything like this happen? And how close are the expression pedal jacks to other circuitry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 8 hours ago, kerryhall1 said: Has anyone had anything like this happen? Hi Kerry, Not happened to me, because I try to follow the basic idea that combining electrical equipment and liquid means danger of death. Things spattered by beer can be can become sticky as the residue dries. I would give the jack sockets a blast of “Servisol” electrical contact cleaner. Cotton buds can be used to probe and swab into the socket, other than that, spray on and leave to dry completely. Hope this helps/makes sense. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkelley Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 wow, that sucks, but maybe just try sticking paper towel in the socket a bit to make sure they're dry? unless it could rip or shred in there and get stuck LoL. like Mr. Data, I never allow drinks of any kind in my music studio aside from for my own use, in the cup holder built into my main desk (away from all gear). Also not anywere near my rack (preamps and compressors etc), my keyboards, my drums (electronic), or floorboards (helix) or my tube amp (cuz I prefer to live!). But, with other musicians around.... crap happens sometimes. I would say you got lucky, but I'd like to know how much got into the machine if it is wet like that inside the jacks. That's somewhat worrying, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryhall1 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Thank you! I will try Servisol and cotton swaps and see if I can clean out the inside of the jacks. So far so good, the floor controller still seems to be functioning normally! If anything malfunctions I would imagine it would look like foot controller not working or jumping around randomly. So far, no issues there. Fingers crossed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Nothing but sippy cups for the front row :-)!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryhall1 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 hours ago, HonestOpinion said: Nothing but sippy cups for the front row :-)!!! Right? I feel like beer and live music are inseparable, haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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