New 3PDT True Bypass Grounded Input Wiring Layout by Ulysses

[ulysses]

thanks for that analog mike..

i cant find info on skreddy's wiring anywhere.. anyone got a link?

cheers
ulysses

[manson]

OK, this is the best I have found, has all the mojo and none of the POPPING:

Take Skreddys, and move the LED- to the left center lug. Move the ground jumper to the top left lug (and disconnect it from bottom left). We have tried them all and this has the LEAST chance of popping due to capacitive leakage (or whatever it is that gets a voltage on the adjacent lugs). But SOMETIMES they will pop like this on the odd switch, then just move the ground jumper back to Skreddy's way and it should work.

good luck!

p.s. I have been using Darron's version (without ground or LED) when we true bypass wahs. They don't seem to need the input grounded when OFF (low gain).

So you leave the bottom left lug unconnected?

[MikeH]

thanks for that analog mike..

i cant find info on skreddy's wiring anywhere.. anyone got a link?

cheers
ulysses

It's posted in this thread

[analogmike]

So you leave the bottom left lug unconnected?

Yes, it must be unconnected.

[sfr]

I've been using the Millenium (version 1, usually) and DPDT lately, just because I got a good deal on some Alpha DPDT switches, and I needed a whole bunch of switches for some projects.  I wish there was a way to ground the input w/DPDT and millenium.  Time to pick up some 3P switches.  Interesting to see how everyone does this.  When I used the 3PDT in my builds, I just sort of started wiring without really thinking about things, other than the connections that had to be made, and ended up wiring it different every time.   Fortunetly I've taken to using the same colour code, otherwise I'd be tracing wires every time I wanted to work on my builds.

[ulysses]

hey analog mike,

if you make those mods to skreddys wiring, am i reading your changes correctly if the input is not grounded?

cheers
ulysses

[ulysses]

It's posted in this thread

thanks mike

i'm blind

cheers
ulysses

[analogmike]

hey analog mike,

if you make those mods to skreddys wiring, am i reading your changes correctly if the input is not grounded?

still grounded when off. do not change ground wire on bottom row center lug.

[markm]

Mine seems similar to darron's but, not quite huh?

[newbie builder]

Amazing how many ways people have come up to wire a 3PDT- interesting read. I've been using the way Dragonfly does lately, but I'll give some other ones a try after this.

[caress]

i've always been wiring them like markm and i've never really had any problems, although i think i might try a couple boxes with the grounded input wiring...

[darron]

Mine seems similar to darron's but, not quite huh?

yeah. it's the same basic switching method, but without the grounded wire. i'd recommend that jumper also to eliminate the unnecessary switch. it won't sound any different though you'd just have to feed that jumper wire at the bottom through so it also connects to the output. on another matter, i too like using solid wires for non-moving parts, but have driven away from it incase one of the jacks or something goes loose one day. that happens with name brand pedals every now and then. i suppose it might actually keep it in place?

i copied ulysses and started my own thread

[davepedals]

I know this is an old topic, but is this correction right?  I have the ground wrong, don't  I?

[davepedals]

I think I answered my own question... is THIS one right?