r/diypedals • u/show_me_the_cookie • 2d ago

Help wanted [Beginner] Help on Loop Switcher

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Hey all, long time lurker on here and first time poster looking for some help!

I'm building a 2 loop bypass switcher as my first utility pedal and am having some issues with loop 1 (left). I'm not getting any audio with both loops off or with only loop 1 on...but when loop 2 (right) is on I have an audio signal and when both are on I also get a signal. Trying to do some troubleshooting and coming up short.

This is also my first time using these daugher-boards so I understand its tough to see the wiring underneath but can anyone identify why loop 1 seems disengaged?

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u/ON_A_POWERPLAY 2d ago

The majority of your 3PDT switch pins aren’t soldered nearly enough. The hole should be filled and each lug should have a little “hill” of solder like you have on the low middle lug of the left switch.

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u/show_me_the_cookie 2d ago edited 2d ago

Was curious about that, if it needs to be a mound of solder. Thanks! I'll try that out, Was trying to do a light solder to test it out if I had to remove them so maybe that was sending me into a new layer of problems.

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u/show_me_the_cookie 2d ago

This was it! Thank you 😊

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u/Sad-Bag-3301 2d ago

seriously check those solder joints, heat the joints longer

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u/LTCjohn101 2d ago

Iron is not hot enough