Bad session

[Rogue]

Hey everyone,
I was doing a tattoo last week and blew BOTH capacitors on my liner and shader machines...WTF??!! Ive never done that before, My shader for some reason started sounding like a mac truck running very rough and loud, Ive ripped it appart and and put on a new capacitor, cleaned the frame up with a rotary tool and polished it all up, but it is still loud. I was never loud before. My liner runs quiet but keep blowing capicitors, I run my PS slow on both as my hand speed is slow, Im also getting a lot of splatter, I use disposable tube assemblies, so I think that it may be the cause for the splatter, Im not sure though, I should probibially invest in some SS tubes with open tips and see if that helps...Any advice??? :oops:

[voodoo]

how many rubber bands do u use?what shape tips ?and do u have an o-ring on the spring/a-bar?

[Rogue]

I usially use 1 rubber band for lining, 2-3 for coloring, Both machines have O-rings, and U\I mainly use disp tubes

[Inkster]

I am aware that over voltage will blow a capacitor, seems odd for both machines to blow, I suspect power supply problems. Do you have another machine that you could try?

[DANTHEMAN]

get some pulse coils or top yourself

[timmy]

This happen to me a while back also,i started narrowing things down and ended up finding a blown fuse in my power supply box.Its only happened once and i havent had any thing happen of that nature since.Im not saying thats the problem but i would take a peak.Its also good to have a spare fuse around along with alot of other spare equipment just in case,you never know what can happen in middle of a tattoo.

[Nekrotek]

For reasons like this I have 3 power supplies and 7 machines. I would hate to be in the middle of working on someone and my only 2 machines go down, or blow a power supply.

I got a little poop when I bought the last 2 machines, but cause of casses like this, I can deal with a little poop to avoid BIG POOP in the long run.

[Inkster]

Makes sense to me, I have 2 power supplies, 2 power cords and 8 machines, you won't catch me with my trousers down............ just got to learn on how to tattoo now!

[voodoo]

u can also have the caps wired in wrong.some it dosant matter wich way.
looked for the crimp on one end or arrows,they show wich side is positive.----------> [{} ]--->

[Rogue]

nope capacitors are wired right, Personially I think it is my crap power supply, I think im gonna nurse my machines through a few more tatts then get an ikon PS and some new machines...

[framey]

if ya keep popping the caps and you got splatter


turn the vs down

[Rogue]

Im running my shit real slow allready, For lining I run about 5-7 v, for coloring 3-4, and still seems to run really fast..even with 3 elastics to slow the needles down. Am in the process of re-assembling my mechines now, gonna try some diferent sized capicitors see if that helps.

[Papa Gee]

I get the feeling that your power supply is lieing to you. It may say 5 volts but I have a suspicion that it's putting out a lot more than that. You can hear the difference in the way a machine runs when you go over the amount of voltage that the tuning of the machine calls for. I have an old shader that anything over 6 volts makes it start to sound like a lawnmower. A couple of my other machines run smooth at 9 to 9.5 volts

Also the amount of voltage you run your machine at has nothing to do with how fast it's running. The springs/armature bar/point gap determine the speed a machine runs at. The amount af voltage determines the "intensity", for lack of a better word, that your machine runs at. Lower voltage results in a softer hitting machine, jigher voltages makes it hit harder. There are exceptions to this but generally this is true.

[Rogue]

Good points Papa Gee, I just ordered a new Eikon ppower supply...cant wait to get it.