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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: ualcap on April 28, 2013, 01:04:57 PM
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After a phone call to Bottle head HQ Doc and I decided that I should rewire a few things on my crack because of some strange high voltage reading.
Finished rewiring and the high voltage on terminal 1and A1&B1(150v) now 75V(book calls for 90V). A1,A5,B1,B4 volts read 75V. Ohm check within tolerance.
Connected source and headphones and everything worked great sound was perfect. I shut the amp down and changer the input tube fired it back up and enjoyed for about 5 min. then the amp shut down. I checked the fuse and it was find. Amp was off for about 10 min., long enough to cool down some. I turned the amp back on and this time it stayed on for a couple of min.and shut down a second time. A recheck of Volts and ohm check same as above until amp warms up then it shuts down.
What up guys?
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Put the other tube back in and see if that helps.
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Paul,
I replaced the tube with the original same results. Sorry I forgot to include that last night.
I turned the amp back on this morning and worked great with same voltage as last time. Made it through one 3:00mim song and it shut down again.
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This is a real long shot - the rectifiers can behave like that if they are seeing too much voltage. Double check the numbers on them to be sure they are all UF4007s.
It's also possible you simply have a bad connection somewhere that is opening as the components warm up.
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Doc,
The UF 4007 rectifiers are the originals. I restarted the amp after last posting and this time it ran for about 10min. How hot are the 3K wire wound resistors be getting? They are very hot. Volt check this morning same a last.
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Typo: how hot should the 3K wirewound resistors be getting.
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The 3K wirewounds should run nice and toasty.
What you will want to do is run the amp until it shuts down, then look around for voltage issues.
It's pretty easy to just eyeball the 9 pin socket, if the LED's are lit up, you should be OK.
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Thanks Paul,
It's working
Danny