Stereomour II blowing fuse [resolved]

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Reply #30 on: March 02, 2016, 08:51:23 AM
No discrepancies.



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Reply #31 on: March 02, 2016, 10:31:04 AM
Hey Doc,

1.6A slow intact.  Time to reassemble?



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Reply #32 on: March 02, 2016, 12:40:21 PM
Excellent! I think it's time to put it back together and check some voltages. Congratulations, I admire your sticking with it! Isn't it funny how it's always the last thing you try that solves the problem? How the heck does that work?

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Reply #33 on: March 02, 2016, 04:23:18 PM
Voltages are on/within tolerances except:

T4 - 19 mv (fluctuated as high as 32.4 mv)
T7 - 244
T16 - 7.4 mv
T17 -  54.5 mv (fluctuated up and down like T4)
T29 - .9 mv




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Reply #34 on: March 02, 2016, 05:09:00 PM
Those are all just fine.  Sounds like you need to hook that puppy up and listen! Well done!

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Reply #35 on: March 03, 2016, 01:53:22 AM
Hey Doc,

1.6A slow intact.  Time to reassemble?

So what was the fix?



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Reply #36 on: March 03, 2016, 05:39:24 AM
It seems the stock 1.5A fast blow fuse was just a bit to quick to blow.  The 1.6A slow blow was enough to get past the initial current surge.  It just needed more slow and less blow.



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Reply #37 on: March 03, 2016, 08:46:59 AM
We spec fuses with the idea that we want to avoid any damage due to the relatively high possibility (compared to a factory built product) that there might be an error in construction. Thus we spec them really close to the maximum startup current inrush. Sounds like what has happened in this case is that small batch variations in the charging current of the filter capacitors just stacks up such that the occasional amp needs a tiny bit higher rated fuse. I think this is the first time we have seen that with Stereomours. I do recall having a similar situation occur a few years ago some Crack amps, IIRC. Ofttimes that fuse blowing will just happen the first time, and after the caps have formed you can get away with the stock value. But for a .1 amp difference like we see here I wouldn't even worry about that, just leave that 1.6A slo-blo in there.

Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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