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Sorry for the delayed reply. Had to work late. The electro is not backwards … I just verified it.

Trying to breadboard a delay circuit for the first time. This 33R resistor keeps going up in smoke. I don’t expect anyone to deconstruct this whole breadboard, but am wondering common causes that I could double-check.

I may be in the market to buy some diodes soon. I’ve heard so much negativity about buying diodes on EBay. I just wonder if there is any way to tell if they are going to be fake or real before purchasing. I see posts like this (see attached screenshot) all the time and they look good in the...

I assume that if there is no little black node on the intersecting lines, it means there is no connection, correct? So like, here, where the intersection happens, it is just that there wasn’t room to draw where it goes without crossing over a line, but those wouldn’t connect.

End result. Went with S9018s. I love it!

Yes, this is the Sardine Tin. I finally got around to building it but ran into this question. I think I’ve got all the other parts I’ll need, and I probably have the transistors as I’ve been collecting different ones. I’ll just have to measure some and find a good candidate. For the enclosure I...

I’m used to being spoon-fed the transistor part list, but here I have a value range and not sure what it means. I think it means “any transistor with an HFE in this range” but not sure. For example, see Q1 here. I think it wants any transistor (NPN) with an HFE ranging from 140-200. Am I correct?

I had seen a YouTube video where someone had yellow as output and blue as input, which is opposite of what I’ve been doing. I was thinking maybe I was doing that backwards or something but seems the consensus is that it is just fine after all (to use whatever color I want for in and out).

I wonder if keeping the two separate negates the need to make a clean power stage with a polarized cap. Like if current leaks into the main ground plate causing unwanted noises like pot scratching.

I’m wondering what the universal color codes are for wiring. Here is what I’ve been using, but wondering if that is confusing for anyone opening up my pedals later. Red: Positive Black: Negative or Ground Green: Ground Yellow: Input Blue: Output White: Jumpers

Is it ok to use heat shrink tubing on electrolytic capacitors or do they need to breathe? Like, does heat need to be able to escape off of the top of them or something? The reasoning for it could range from a preferred look to avoiding a short when bent and touching the underside of the circuit...

I have a 9V battery only (no power jack) on a fuzz circuit. How can I wire a footswitch so that when it is in true bypass, the battery is not draining? (I don’t have a stereo jack.) It has an LED as well. If I use this wiring technique, would the battery keep draining regardless of the switch...

My order made it through customs today, apparently without a tariff. My total for the order was about $500.

I was wondering if prices were changing on some of their products.

I was wondering if prices were changed by on some stuff.

Tayda site is up again and looks great. Mobile friendly. They remodeled it.

I agree. Tayda has been so wonderful. They don’t deserve this. I’m tempted to stick with them even though tariffs are high now.

I was going to ask what sites are USA-based where PCB printing is reasonably priced.

It makes me wonder if some get passed along and some don’t… like if they avoid bottleneck chaos situations by selecting ones to check.

Was it returned to Bangkok from China or from the US?