Now that my F5T will soon replace my F5 ,I intend to reuse my F5 chassis, heatsink & psu for Aleph J. So a few questions
--If I omit C1 will I have to jumper the C1 cap pads?
--I have 2 Silmics ,so better to use them @ C3 . Can someone tell me the voltage rating @C2, I have some 220uF 16v,25V
--If I use BC550/560 do any of the resistor values need change. Also will my bias current go down?
That's all I can think of now
Thanks
--If I omit C1 will I have to jumper the C1 cap pads?
--I have 2 Silmics ,so better to use them @ C3 . Can someone tell me the voltage rating @C2, I have some 220uF 16v,25V
--If I use BC550/560 do any of the resistor values need change. Also will my bias current go down?
That's all I can think of now
Thanks
Now that my F5T will soon replace my F5 ,I intend to reuse my F5 chassis, heatsink & psu for Aleph J. So a few questions
--If I omit C1 will I have to jumper the C1 cap pads?
--I have 2 Silmics ,so better to use them @ C3 . Can someone tell me the voltage rating @C2, I have some 220uF 16v,25V
--If I use BC550/560 do any of the resistor values need change. Also will my bias current go down?
That's all I can think of now
Thanks
-- yes
--for C3 16V is plenty enough , for C2 35V is tight , 50V means peaceful sleep
--just use them and do not worry
that's correct albertNL
Thanks, AudioSan!
I do not totally agree.
Several of us, including me, found a bias current as high as 1.2 to 1.3 amps per leg using stock values.
1 amp per leg (2 amps total) is enough though. (think about dissipation)
By curiosity, you should measure the bias current on your amp.
Anyway, your amp is running a little too warm IMO.(You tell 33 above ambient)
Several of us, including me, found a bias current as high as 1.2 to 1.3 amps per leg using stock values.
1 amp per leg (2 amps total) is enough though. (think about dissipation)
By curiosity, you should measure the bias current on your amp.
Anyway, your amp is running a little too warm IMO.(You tell 33 above ambient)
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I don't know how to measure the bias (is probably mentioned somewhere in this long, long thread) but I don't have any trimpots anyway. Any adjustment would have to be by taking out (or adding) resistors. I think I will leave it as is for now
I finally got the feet on today. Metalwork is not easy for someone in an electric wheelchair , I can tell you.
The amp is sitting on the bench and has been cooking for a bit under an hour with the top plate in place. DC offset is at 39mV (and still slowly decreasing) at speaker outputs (input shorted) and temperature is 59 Celsius (ambient + 33) at the hottest point I can find on the heatsinks. Seems OK to me
I will leave it for another hour and check again. If it is still OK I hope to be able to test the sound tomorrow.
Thanks again everyone for all your help, and of course a big thank you to Nelson for your generosity. It makes it possible to build and own such beautiful amps!
Albert
PS It is quite possible that I will be asking simple questions in other threads in the future, as I think I may have been infected by a diy-amp virus that is prevalent on this forum!
I finally got the feet on today. Metalwork is not easy for someone in an electric wheelchair , I can tell you.
The amp is sitting on the bench and has been cooking for a bit under an hour with the top plate in place. DC offset is at 39mV (and still slowly decreasing) at speaker outputs (input shorted) and temperature is 59 Celsius (ambient + 33) at the hottest point I can find on the heatsinks. Seems OK to me
I will leave it for another hour and check again. If it is still OK I hope to be able to test the sound tomorrow.
Thanks again everyone for all your help, and of course a big thank you to Nelson for your generosity. It makes it possible to build and own such beautiful amps!
Albert
PS It is quite possible that I will be asking simple questions in other threads in the future, as I think I may have been infected by a diy-amp virus that is prevalent on this forum!
if you find it little on hot side , you can always arrange something like this :
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/186554-babysitter-papas-koan.html?highlight=babysitter
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/186554-babysitter-papas-koan.html?highlight=babysitter
I don't know how to measure the bias
There is no hurry but, for info again:
One measures voltage across source resistors of the power mosfets.
Knowing voltage and resistor gives current when applying the ohm's law.
As there are two output pairs, the current found is to multiply by two.
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