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Old 02-22-2008, 09:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Battery LED indicator
Hi all, i am installing a LED indicator for the 9Volt. battery of my EMG pickup, so it warns me when the battery is empty. I have 1 vol knob, 1 killswitch and 1 EMG 81-7. The LED should light and stay on when i operate the killswitch and the battery was good.

I installed one but it caused slight signal distortion. Anyone can tell me the proper way to do it so it does not affect to signal quality?

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Old 02-22-2008, 09:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Can you show us the original circuit diagram?
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Old 02-22-2008, 09:52 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Could that actually work without putting extra resistance on the power line? I'd imagine that could cause a problem.

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Old 02-22-2008, 01:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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maybe i am wrong because i have no idea of electronics
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Old 02-22-2008, 01:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
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anyway, i have found something that could do it for me:

Guitarelectronics.com Inc. 9 Volt Low Battery Indicator for Active Pickups & Electronics

Edir: ... but this thing does the opposite: lights when batt is LOW.
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Old 02-22-2008, 02:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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anyway, i have found something that could do it for me:

Guitarelectronics.com Inc. 9 Volt Low Battery Indicator for Active Pickups & Electronics

Edir: ... but this thing does the opposite: lights when batt is LOW.
that's a pretty cool idea....doubt it would work with an 18V setup though, which is what i have.
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Old 02-22-2008, 02:24 PM   #7 (permalink)
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that's a pretty cool idea....doubt it would work with an 18V setup though, which is what i have.
It names as "LoBat-9".... so maybe somewhere there is a "LoBat-18" version... but i haven't found it sorry
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