You never know until you ask.

Alanbama Posted 2014-11-24 1:32 PM (#501230) Subject: You never know until you ask. Joined: January 2012 Posts: 41 Location: Birmingham, Al. Okay. Maybe this is a very dumb question but... How do you know when the battery is going dead in your pro preamp? Does the light stay on or is there another clue, besides sound. When I plug in, the batt light comes on then fades out. Does that mean anything? Told you it was dumb. moody, p.i. Posted 2014-11-24 1:58 PM (#501236 - in reply to #501230) Subject: Re: You never know until you ask. Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15677 Location: SoCal http://ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/OP%20Pro%20Owner%20Manual/OP%2... Alanbama Posted 2014-11-24 2:12 PM (#501241 - in reply to #501230) Subject: Re: You never know until you ask. Joined: January 2012 Posts: 41 Location: Birmingham, Al. Wow!!! Thank you so very much! I've never read anything on the preamp before. That is very helpful indeed. FlySig Posted 2014-11-24 7:58 PM (#501261 - in reply to #501230) Subject: Re: You never know until you ask. Joined: October 2005 Posts: 4072 Location: Utah My experience is that the battery in an Op Pro series preamp will die fairly suddenly. Supposedly the red LED blinks when it gets close but I've not seen it give much warning. But I have heard the sound start to get a bit fuzzy about 15 minutes before total shutdown. Usually this is about 5 minutes into a set at a show. Alanbama Posted 2014-11-25 6:16 PM (#501304 - in reply to #501230) Subject: Re: You never know until you ask. Joined: January 2012 Posts: 41 Location: Birmingham, Al. LOL! That would be my luck. To have it die in the middle of a performance! I'll just have to keep an eye and ear out for some sign of a warning. dvd Posted 2014-11-25 9:28 PM (#501309 - in reply to #501230) Subject: Re: You never know until you ask. Joined: December 2003 Posts: 1889 Location: Central Massachusetts Add a fresh 9v battery to your concert rider! And no green M&M's! ;-)