my nords are blowing fuses!

eposk

Hey friends,

A week ago my nord g2 made a funny humming noise, then went dark. I took a peek and the fuse had blown, but before I was able to replace it, I lost it. I went to radio shack and bought one I thought would work. After I installed the new one and turned on the g2, all the lights on the mic input were lit (freaked me out) and it had that bad humming sound.

So OK must have been the wrong fuse. I wanted to see if the fuse from my nord lead 2x would work. I installed that one and it made the funny humming noise and the lights on the mic input lit up in a bad way again and it went dark.

So now I have two nords with blown fuses. Can anybody tell me what kind of fuse to buy for my nord g2? Links? I asked Clavia, but just got a lame response from some guy reading off the back of the unit - 115V, 300mA, slow-blow. That doesn’t tell me what kind of fuse to buy. Here is a list from radio shack .http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032303

Can anybody help me?

Thanks!

Wout Blommers

eposk · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

yes the power is 115V.

Can anybody in the US read off what the fuse says? I am trying to locate a replacement.

ark

eposk · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:58 am Post subject:

I must have bought a fuse with the wrong amp. I bought a 2 amp, 250V fuse. there are amp powers from .5 to 8 or so.

Any ideas on the amp type?

ark · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

eposk · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

oh god. i did. i only had that fuse in for a second. Like i said earlier all the lights on the mic imput lit up, which I have never seen before.

i will try to look for the .3 amp fuse.

ark · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

varice · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

THE FUSES ARE BLOWING FOR A REASON!!!!

There is something wrong with your G2. Just putting new fuses in will NOT fix the problem, you may make things worse. You need to get an experienced repair technician to check it out.

eposk · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

you were right varice. its the g2 not the fuses.

responce from clavia:
Hi
The G2 needs to be serviced, something has broken on either the main board or the power supply board.

The fuse spec for a US mains powered Nord is: 115 Volts, 300 mA. Nothing else should be used. I am sure that same service tech that can fix your G2 will be able to supply you with a fuse. Or, bring the old fuse to an electronics shop and ask them to sell you one that is exactly the same.

crap! i am taking it in to the shop this weekend. wish me luck.

varice · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

Best of luck to ya! I hope that it will be a simple and cheap repair. Let us know how it goes.

gregsully · Joined: Dec 09, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: usa

Did you ever find a fix to this problem, or was the shop able to fix your unit.. My g2 is also blowing its fuses as well. I found the exact matching fuse online, but the same thing happened.

Now the Clavia site does not even list repair centers (I'm in Atlanta, USA)

ark · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:49 pm Post subject:

gregsully · Joined: Dec 09, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: usa

Ya I just located a place by doing a way back machine search of the old www.nordusa.com/service.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20070522104722/http://www.nordusa.com/service.html

I called the local repair shop who mentioned that they get their parts from American Music and Sound.. So it looks like I have hit the right place. I'm going to take my unit there tomorrow.

I also just got a message from eposk who started this thread. He mentioned that it took a repair of the power supply to fix his. I'll update this post when I find out what it takes to fix mine for others reference since this seems to be a random but not uncommon problem.