SOLVED: Any Fender Engine Room LVL 8 Owners here?

mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
edited July 2021 in FX
I have a technical question, anybody got one?
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 4127
    I’ve got one…not sure I can answer a technical question about it but. I can try…
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  • mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
    edited July 2021
    Cheers @lewy , how you doing, it's Mike Newell btw. Its not that technical tbh. Does the fan on yours start as soon as its powered up or does it kick in when it gets warm?

    The reason I ask is that I've just purchased one new and powers pedals fine but the fan doesn't spin and to my nose it has a burnt motor kind of smell straight out the box
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 4127
    edited July 2021
    Alright dude! I don't think the fan has ever kicked on on mine, so it's either broken or it's on a thermostat which my draw hasn't triggered....does yours feel really hot? Mine's only ever got a bit warm.
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  • stilwelstilwel Frets: 19
    OP:  Your supply is fine.  The fans in the Level 8 and 12 power supplies will not be on all the time.  They are designed to only turn on when there is enough current draw to heat up the unit. 
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  • mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
    edited July 2021
    Lewy said:
    Alright dude! I don't think the fan has ever kicked on on mine, so it's either broken or it's on a thermostat which my draw hasn't triggered....does yours feel really hot? Mine's only ever got a bit warm.
    tbh I havent run it for long as I wanted to be sure its all good. It was the smell that was making me unsure, but sometimes factory fresh gear has a plastic burnt kind of smell

    stilwel said:
    OP:  Your supply is fine.  The fans in the Level 8 and 12 power supplies will not be on all the time.  They are designed to only turn on when there is enough current draw to heat up the unit. 
    Still couldn't get through to the store I purchased it from and no reply from the Fender website contact form, however managed to talk to a guy from Fender GBI on the phone today and he also confirmed the same thing, thanks dude
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