[guenter1910]

Hi all, following my previous post about LD2 there is another problem that came up. When using Phantom Power, Everything works fine for a short while and than the signal fades away quite rapidly. The Voltage on IN+ and - is down to 28V when the 48V switch is engaged. What confuses me a bit is that on the kit C1 (100u, 63V) is packed but the partslist with C1 on is crossed out and on the new one C1 is no longer there. I have put C1 in initially and thought that this might cause the problem and so I desoldered it, but the behaviour is the same.
Any help highly appreciated!
Best regards,
Guenter

[JPK]

but the partslist with C1 on is crossed out
Make sure you are using the latest parts list. C1 must be populated.
Does the 48 V rail (on the finger connector, pin 15) remain stable when the voltage on the XLR drops?
What is the phantom voltage level on each side of R3?

[guenter1910]

Phantom Power on Pin 15 is stable (49,45 V), Voltage on R3 is 49,45V on one and 47,90 V on the other side, C1 populated again.

[JPK]

Check the resistance value between:
- XLR pin2 and pin3, 
- XLR pin2 and 0V,
- XLR pin3 and 0V.
Also check your mic cable.

[guenter1910]

XLR Pin 2 and 3 on the cable 29,4 Ohm, on the 500 Rack Slot 28,94 Ohm
Pin 2 on the cable to 0V on the board 22 MOhm
Pin 3 on the cable to 0V on the board 22 MOhm
both slowly increasing

Mic Cable is ok. I checked with a different cable - same behaviour