First two channel power up in 15 months.

[kuisis 50]

To make a long story pretty short.  I had a very serious medical condition in July of 2018, 3 1/2 months in the hospital and about 13 months in a physical rehab center.  Well I'm back home now and I finally had a chance to listen to my 2 channel system.  It consist of a Peach preamp, an Njoe Tjoeb CD player, two MC250's and vintage Khorns.  Well I turned the system on and it worked fine, at first.  Then I turned the channel balance knobs on the peach and got a bunch of static from both speakers.  I turned the system off and turned all of the knobs numerous times.  I turned it back on and let it play for about one half hour.  There was no more static when the knobs were in the same place, but the static started again when I turned them.  Should I spray the controls with deoxit and see what happens or do you think there is a more serious problem?  I don't want to damage anything.  Can leaving a system idle for 15 months cause any damage.  

[JohnA 1080]

Yes.

 

No.

 

No.

 

Sorry  for your troubles.  God bless and keep you!

[YK Thom 736]

It must feel great to be back home.

[kuisis 50]

Yes, every day is a gift from here on out.  

[DizRotus 9261]

Tom,

 

Sorry to hear about your trouble, but glad to hear you’re home and doing well.

 

I agree with @JohnA above.

[kuisis 50]

Thanks Neil, it was hit or miss for a month or two, but I'm healthier now then I was. 

 

[MechEngVic 278]

12 hours ago, kuisis said:

Yes, every day is a gift from here on out.  

Very true, then it is imperative to de-ox those knobs and get back to some good listening! Any lube with di-electric properties will work. If you can open up your pre and get the lube directly in the knobs, that would be best. What model is your pre?

 

[kuisis 50]

I have an earlier Juicy Music Peach.  The one with the black plastic faceplate, before the metal ones.  I can get the case off, so I will do that.  I just tried my deoxit and it was empty, so I need to get some more of it.  I have one more surgery on Monday, so it will have to wait a few days.

 

[derrickdj1 8233]

It is good to hear you are doing better.  You have things under control with the  deoxit!

[dtel 29345]

20 hours ago, JohnA said:

Yes.

 

No.

 

No.

 

Sorry  for your troubles.  God bless and keep you!

I agree with all of this.

 

Glad your home, hope all is better, good luck.

[kuisis 50]

Thank you dtel.

 

[Wolfbane 1671]

On 11/14/2019 at 8:04 PM, kuisis said:

To make a long story pretty short.  I had a very serious medical condition in July of 2018, 3 1/2 months in the hospital and about 13 months in a physical rehab center.  Well I'm back home now and I finally had a chance to listen to my 2 channel system.  It consist of a Peach preamp, an Njoe Tjoeb CD player, two MC250's and vintage Khorns.  Well I turned the system on and it worked fine, at first.  Then I turned the channel balance knobs on the peach and got a bunch of static from both speakers.  I turned the system off and turned all of the knobs numerous times.  I turned it back on and let it play for about one half hour.  There was no more static when the knobs were in the same place, but the static started again when I turned them.  Should I spray the controls with deoxit and see what happens or do you think there is a more serious problem?  I don't want to damage anything.  Can leaving a system idle for 15 months cause any damage.  

 

Good luck and best wishes for a long and healthy life!

 

 

On 11/14/2019 at 9:55 PM, JohnA said:

Yes.

 

No.

 

No.

 

Sorry  for your troubles.  God bless and keep you!

 

Yes

 

No 

 

Extremely unlikely, give it play time and catch up.

 

Wb

[Fattner 113]

Glad to hear your feeling better , enjoy your beautiful system my friend and enjoy it in good health  !! Don't sweat the small stuff  !!

[kuisis 50]

Looks like the Deoxit did the trick, back to quality sound.

[YK Thom 736]

Nice to have that sorted. Sounds like you need more difficulties like a hole in the head.