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any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25679] Sun, 06 November 2016 09:29 Go to next message
gregp is currently offline  gregp
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When I turn the Bright boost on it goes dead instead.
I want to be sure I put the replaced diodes in right.....

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25680 is a reply to message #25679] Sun, 06 November 2016 18:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chicagobill
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What diodes? There are none on that board.

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25681 is a reply to message #25680] Sun, 06 November 2016 18:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gregp is currently offline  gregp
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Yeah........ misnomer....... the 2N transistors............ or semiconductors..... or ?

I just reversed them and all "seems" well, except that when you turn the BRIGHT Boost on, on what was a dead bright channel, the volume actually goes DOWN?

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25682 is a reply to message #25679] Mon, 07 November 2016 05:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
stevem is currently offline  stevem
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What was the issue with you 203 board in the first place, and what transistors did you replace, Q205 and 206?

Did the transistors you took out test bad?

[Updated on: Mon, 07 November 2016 06:00]

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25683 is a reply to message #25682] Mon, 07 November 2016 18:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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stevem wrote on Mon, 07 November 2016 05:55
What was the issue with you 203 board in the first place, and what transistors did you replace, Q205 and 206?

Did the transistors you took out test bad?


I replaced q200. 205, 206.
That channel was dead!

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25684 is a reply to message #25679] Tue, 08 November 2016 05:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
stevem is currently offline  stevem
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How do the voltages test out on 205 and 206 as compared with the schemstic?

Right off the Bat I would suggest that you change out electrolytic cap C214.

[Updated on: Tue, 08 November 2016 05:51]

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25685 is a reply to message #25679] Tue, 08 November 2016 11:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chicagobill
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If the signal dies when you turn on the bright boost, be sure to clean and test the switch. Unlike the normal channel bright setting, this switch is more like a stompbox switch, as it switches the signal in and out of the bright circuit. So it can work in bypass position and not work in the bright position.

If I were going to shotgun a cap, I'd start with cap C219 as it is the main output cap of the bright circuit.

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Re: any pics of a PC203 board? [message #25686 is a reply to message #25679] Mon, 14 November 2016 08:15 Go to previous message
stevem is currently offline  stevem
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It's not unheard of to have bad new transistors, did you test out the 2 new ones you installed in the Brite circuit?

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