DM4800 Phantom Power Kaput

Hi Dave, about your questions:
When the board is powered on and I have the mic/line input fader up, #16, I move the 48v phantom power switch off, on, off, on and I get signal bumps on the meter bridge for that input. This appears to be normal. Same result on every mic/line input with 48v power. If the Amp boards are not receiving 48v power, would I still get those signal bumps on the meter bridge?

Normal result because we switch the input load from ground to +48V. Even if +48V is missing, it creates a "pop", especially if +48V is open or show a different impedance than gnd.

If I plug in a run of the mill dynamic mic, (AKG D190ES) the channels all perform normally with good signal output. Does this indicate anything to you?

No, all seems OK on Input side ( except we have no phantom power...).

Need some measurement...

About DeoxIT, I use the products and are very efficient: Contact cleaner product or Fader Lub. It is a good idea to use it especilly when all is open and you can access to the board, fader or contact.
 
Morning Herve,
"Normal result because we switch the input load from ground to +48V. Even if +48V is missing, it creates a "pop", especially if +48V is open or show a different impedance than gnd".

Okay, this makes total sense to me. And this "pop" was the beginning symptom. I'd be sitting here at the board noodling around on the guitar and the channel would glitch or pop. Sometimes it would do this and other times it wouldn't. 48v power was on so it appears that it was either cycling off and on or the impedance was intermittent when this pop would happen.

Okay my friend, I'm gonna get the setup torn down and the board open when the multi-meter and cleaner shows up and start the search.

You've given me a really good road map and starting point for all of this Herve and I want you to know how much I appreciate you taking your time to help me with this. Once I get some measurements I'll report back with the results.
Thank you sir!!!
David
 

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