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Offline goldstache

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Sunn Beta Lead DC develops on speaker jack
« on: October 03, 2022, 08:17:44 am »
Trying to cure the ills in a Sunn Beta Lead.
I’ve recapped and replaced finals and voltage regulators on power amp board.
Had a nasty bit of DC on speaker output jack.
After all the above part swaps, it will act ok for about 5 mins then DC on output jack soars to +20vdc and there’s a nasty hum all a sudden!


Any ideas? I’ve tested bias transistor and all socketed transistors. The feedback IC (4558) has also been swapped.

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Re: Sunn Beta Lead DC develops on speaker jack
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2022, 09:04:06 am »
i got metered internet and Doug's schematic is like a week to download so, after the 8th I might be able to help  :laugh:
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Re: Sunn Beta Lead DC develops on speaker jack
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2022, 03:10:33 pm »
Good news. Solved
Bad replacement 4558 in feedback loop. Swapped again, all is well.


Thanks

 


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