dallas arbiter fuzz problems

[ultran8]

i built this   
www.aronnelson.com/
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i did not use a battery i wired to power supply led lights up but nuthin



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the base is headed left on the image i triple checked my traces  i hear hiss and goes with the fuzz knob but no sound im questioning the way i hooked up power sice i didnt do battery thing . using danelectro power supply pretty sure i got polarity right PLEASE HELP AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[artsinbloodshed]

it's a germanium one right? If yes, the polarity seems ok.
you should check again calmly the soldering points, 90% of the time I have a hiss or no sound, the problem comes from there (even when double checked...you can always miss something!)...there could be some kind of shorting...
maybe if you could post a larger recto/verso image of the circuit...

[petemoore]

  It doesn't work?.. for that:
  the debugging page sticky is 'it'...we can debug it !
  If the LED anode is 'pointing toward' gnd. [with current limiting resistor thrown on either side of LED/Resistor circuit] and it lights, you have a positive Gnd. circuit.
  I couln't find the schematic from the link, PNP Pos. Gnd. ?
  Tha'd be good.
  We'll be able to tell more after some debugging, it's hard to see electron movements, but they can be measured in various crude but effective ways.

[ultran8]

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[ultran8]

IM MOST CONFUSED BY TRYING TO WIRE IT UP TO A PLUG IN AND NOT A BATTERY AND WHERE THE TRUE INPUT OF THE CIRCUIT IS . 




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[petemoore]

  Too much heat and too much solder.
  Adding solder adds cold.
  Refresh the tip [clean/retin light], tin the part, try to get the heat to flow to the 'other side' through the solder, adding little bits until all the surfaces 'grab' the solder.
  about 1/3 that amount is sufficient to provide physical strength.
  Electrician solder, 60/40.