Fried RC 20XL

[Mr. Scar]

I accidentally plugged the wrong power supply into my Boss RC20XL Loop Station http://www.roland.com/products/en/RC-20XL/index.html . The unit no longer works at all. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of screw up? Do you think my RC20 can be repaired or is it a lost cause?

Thanks

[Pedro]

Oh man that's too bad. If you are lucky it is possible to repair the unit. First of all you should try to open it and see if it uses a fuse of some kind. If the fuse is fried, then current will not pass and the unit does not work. Take out the fuse, go to a electronics store and buy the same one. If you are lucky and there is nothing else damaged this could work.

A fuse is something like this:



Good luck!

[Pedro]

The fuse is usually close to the power source input.

[Pedro]

So how did this turn out Mr.Scar?

[Mr. Scar]

oh yeah, sorry....
I  opened it up. no fuse visible. I don't think there is one in there. Unless, it's very small and under the board, or somewhere.

I guess I'm going to have to send it to Boss in California.  It covered for parts but not labor.

[Pedro]

Oh, ok. Good luck with that

[Mr. Scar]

thanks, just hoping it doesn't cost too much to fix it. the thing is a lot of fun, probably the simplest and most fun way to lay down a multi track.