| How to test caps [message #19887] |
Thu, 02 January 2014 19:17  |
kustomhead
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When plugging a guitar cord into the both hi and low inputs on the left channel there's a loud distorted pop/noise as it first makes contact with the tip post on the jack. Also when I click on my boost pedal it makes a loud pop. The right channel works fine, no pop at input or with the boost pedal. How do you test caps on the preamp board, or do you just replace them all? Are they usually the culprit?
[Updated on: Thu, 02 January 2014 19:18] Report message to a moderator |
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19894 is a reply to message #19887] |
Fri, 03 January 2014 12:06  |
chicagobill
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I thought that we had already worked on this problem. Is there a dc voltage on the input jacks? If there is, then the input cap is leaking the voltage from the circuit onto the input jacks. Then when you plug into the amp, the voltage is shorted to ground through the guitar or pedal causing the noise.
If there is no dc voltage across the input jack, then the problem is elswhere.
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19895 is a reply to message #19894] |
Fri, 03 January 2014 13:20 |
kustomhead
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With guitar cord plugged in without guitar (just cord) there is 9.2 DC voltage from low input tip to ground. There is 0.4 from tip of output jack to ground with speaker cord plugged in. With guitar plugged in on other end there's 0.00 DC at input and .44 at the output jack. The high input on the left channel has the pop when plugging in but not the boost pedal pop. That's what has me perplexed. It seems to work fine in all other respects. There's less static when turning guitar volume in left channel. Right channel works with no problems. That means trouble is in left channel board?
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19896 is a reply to message #19895] |
Fri, 03 January 2014 16:55 |
chicagobill
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kustomhead wrote on Fri, 03 January 2014 12:20With guitar cord plugged in without guitar (just cord) there is 9.2 DC voltage from low input tip to ground. There is 0.4 from tip of output jack to ground with speaker cord plugged in. With guitar plugged in on other end there's 0.00 DC at input and .44 at the output jack.
Just focus on the left channel input jacks. The voltage on the output jack is something entirely different.
There is an electrolytic cap at the input of the preamp circuit. This cap is bad and it must be replaced. Follow the wire from the input jacks to the preamp board. Then follow the copper trace on the pc board that it connects to and it will lead to the input cap.
The reason that the voltage goes away when you plug in a guitar is that the volume control in the guitar shorts the voltage to ground.
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19898 is a reply to message #19887] |
Sat, 04 January 2014 13:25 |
chicagobill
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The schematic shows a 10uF cap at the input. I pulled out my chassis and it is a 10uF tantalum cap. Mine is orange and looks dipped like a raisinet.
I don't understand anything about the wires that you are talking about, but if the amp is humming, there is something wrong. Please explain in more detail.
It seems to me that you really should get some help with this, before you do some damage to yourself or to the amp. Do you have a friend that is a bit more experienced? I'm trying to help you, but unless you understand what I am saying to you and I understand what you are saying to me, it will be difficult to get your amp fixed.
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19900 is a reply to message #19898] |
Sat, 04 January 2014 13:51 |
kustomhead
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My amp is a K200A-1 not a "B" Mine has a white Mallory 25 mfd cap there and I've already replaced it with no change. I'm going to get a more sophisticated meter to check caps and resistors etc.
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19902 is a reply to message #19901] |
Sun, 05 January 2014 02:24 |
kustomhead
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Mine is a very early A series with a 18xxx serial# It's preamp and power boards are just like my Frank head with all caps being white Mallorys. My input cap is 25 mfd white Mallory. Mine must be a transitional head. That's why I thought you were describing a B series. I've never seen another "A" like this. Sorry about the mix-up. I wasn't doubting you and I really appreciate your help. I replaced the input cap with the 25 mfd because that's what was there but now I see that the other channel indeed has a 10 mfd input cap.
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19914 is a reply to message #19908] |
Sun, 05 January 2014 18:05 |
kustomhead
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I put the left PC 102 board back in. I've replaced the input cap with a good 10 mfd and it still pops. Another thing that's going on is there is am radio chatter coming in way more than normal and when I touch the red wire that goes from the low input jack to the input on the left channel preamp board input it buzzes and the radio signal gets louder. It seems like a grounding problem. Like the input jack isn't grounded right.
[Updated on: Sun, 05 January 2014 18:07] Report message to a moderator |
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19919 is a reply to message #19914] |
Sun, 05 January 2014 23:57 |
kustomhead
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I checked the bulb because the ground resistor was hot and causing buzzing and other havoc when I put touched my meter to the input jacks. It was a 12 volt. I see on the forum it needs a 28 volt bulb. That could have been part of problems I described in the previous post above. Can I safely run the amp without a light bulb until I get the right one?
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| Re: How to test caps [message #19944 is a reply to message #19914] |
Tue, 07 January 2014 23:29 |
kustomhead
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I have the amp back together and it idles quiet and is working good except for an intermittent low buzz and volume drop that can be stopped by touching the input jack or even the RCA transistors on the power board. Then it will go back to normal.
[Updated on: Wed, 08 January 2014 15:14] Report message to a moderator |
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