Blue Robbie problem

csstudios1 · 17th January 2012

Problem: My Blue Robbie started distorting and the signal would go in and out. Thought it might be the tube so I purchased a cheap tube to see if that solved the problem. Worked fine for a few hours and problem started again. I attributed the short tube life to the quality of the tube so I went ahead and purchased the proper tube. Installed tube and everything was fine for a few hours then the problem returned again. Any suggestions or insight before sending in for repair?

bearhead · 17th January 2012

I had a similar problem with a Robbie a few years ago, and it ended up being a problem with the power supply; a couple of loose wires (on the chassis side, not the cable). I'd look there first...

csstudios1 · 6th February 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by bearhead

I had a similar problem with a Robbie a few years ago, and it ended up being a problem with the power supply; a couple of loose wires (on the chassis side, not the cable). I'd look there first...

Thanks for the info. I took my Robbie to a friend who has prior experience in electronics. He found one of the wires from the power switch had a bad solder joint at the circuit board. Beats sending it in to Blue for who knows how much $ to repair a simple wire!

17th January 2012	#1
csstudios1 Gear interested Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 7 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Blue Robbie problem Problem: My Blue Robbie started distorting and the signal would go in and out. Thought it might be the tube so I purchased a cheap tube to see if that solved the problem. Worked fine for a few hours and problem started again. I attributed the short tube life to the quality of the tube so I went ahead and purchased the proper tube. Installed tube and everything was fine for a few hours then the problem returned again. Any suggestions or insight before sending in for repair?

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17th January 2012	#2
bearhead Gear interested Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 21	I had a similar problem with a Robbie a few years ago, and it ended up being a problem with the power supply; a couple of loose wires (on the chassis side, not the cable). I'd look there first...