Rockford Fosgate BD500

seankane · 22nd December 2011, 05:15 AM

Hello everyone.

I have a Rockford BD500 I am repairing.

Whats been done so far:

All output fets have been changed and gate reistors.

U6 MIC4420CT driver

The amp is squeeling from the torroid and has 36.50 VDC on the positive output terminal.

I am not getting a square waveform on pin 6 of U8.

The drive circuit in the power supply has a nice square waveform.

One half of the amp has square waveform on the gate resistors but is a little hazy, the other side does not.

Why the 36.50 VDC and the squeeling?

Perhaps a bad op-amp TL072C?

seankane · 22nd December 2011, 05:25 AM

Now neither side of the output gate circuit is a square waveform and the output are getting very warm on one side.

seankane · 22nd December 2011, 05:39 AM

I disconnected R31 and the voltage on the output terminal dropped to 7.50 VDC and the squeeling stopped and the output no longer get warm.

Any thoughts?

seankane · 22nd December 2011, 10:11 AM

I found U17 to be defective. I didnt have any new ones in stock so I replaced it with a used one for testing purposes.

I installed the used U17 and re connected R31.

The amp idles fine now and the DC is gone from the positive output terminal.

The torroid still whines a little but not bad.

I have no sound at low volume but when I turn the volume to half the sound is intermittant cutting in and out very distorted.

I dont have a square waveform on pin 6 of U5 and U8, correct me if I am wrong but pin 3 on U5 and U8 according to the schematic are carriers and should be a saw tooth waveform. I dont have that either.

Should there be DC on pins 2,3, and 6 of U5 and U8?

Not sure where to go next.

Perry Babin · 22nd December 2011, 12:09 PM

There could be DC because the amp still has at least one more problem. If you don't have ~0v on all of the pins of U11 and you have the proper supply voltages, replace U11.

seankane · 22nd December 2011, 06:56 PM

Hey Perry I was debating U11 last night but didnt want to change a part that I didnt know was bad or not. I was not sure what the voltages were suppose to be.

I changed out U11 and the amp works great, thanks again.

Merry CHristmas

22nd December 2011, 05:15 AM	#1
seankane diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington State	Rockford Fosgate BD500 Hello everyone. I have a Rockford BD500 I am repairing. Whats been done so far: All output fets have been changed and gate reistors. U6 MIC4420CT driver The amp is squeeling from the torroid and has 36.50 VDC on the positive output terminal. I am not getting a square waveform on pin 6 of U8. The drive circuit in the power supply has a nice square waveform. One half of the amp has square waveform on the gate resistors but is a little hazy, the other side does not. Why the 36.50 VDC and the squeeling? Perhaps a bad op-amp TL072C? __________________ Pyramid 46 Amp Power Supply----Fluke 787 Processmeter----Tektronix 465 Scope----Velleman HPS40 Scope----Soldering Iron----Desoldering Iron----Hejet HJ 500-S Heatgun----DM4070 Digital LCR Meter----Propane Torch

22nd December 2011, 05:25 AM	#2
seankane diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington State	Now neither side of the output gate circuit is a square waveform and the output are getting very warm on one side. __________________ Pyramid 46 Amp Power Supply----Fluke 787 Processmeter----Tektronix 465 Scope----Velleman HPS40 Scope----Soldering Iron----Desoldering Iron----Hejet HJ 500-S Heatgun----DM4070 Digital LCR Meter----Propane Torch

22nd December 2011, 05:39 AM	#3
seankane diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington State	I disconnected R31 and the voltage on the output terminal dropped to 7.50 VDC and the squeeling stopped and the output no longer get warm. Any thoughts? __________________ Pyramid 46 Amp Power Supply----Fluke 787 Processmeter----Tektronix 465 Scope----Velleman HPS40 Scope----Soldering Iron----Desoldering Iron----Hejet HJ 500-S Heatgun----DM4070 Digital LCR Meter----Propane Torch

22nd December 2011, 10:11 AM	#4
seankane diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington State	I found U17 to be defective. I didnt have any new ones in stock so I replaced it with a used one for testing purposes. I installed the used U17 and re connected R31. The amp idles fine now and the DC is gone from the positive output terminal. The torroid still whines a little but not bad. I have no sound at low volume but when I turn the volume to half the sound is intermittant cutting in and out very distorted. I dont have a square waveform on pin 6 of U5 and U8, correct me if I am wrong but pin 3 on U5 and U8 according to the schematic are carriers and should be a saw tooth waveform. I dont have that either. Should there be DC on pins 2,3, and 6 of U5 and U8? Not sure where to go next. __________________ Pyramid 46 Amp Power Supply----Fluke 787 Processmeter----Tektronix 465 Scope----Velleman HPS40 Scope----Soldering Iron----Desoldering Iron----Hejet HJ 500-S Heatgun----DM4070 Digital LCR Meter----Propane Torch

22nd December 2011, 12:09 PM	#5
Perry Babin diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Louisiana	There could be DC because the amp still has at least one more problem. If you don't have ~0v on all of the pins of U11 and you have the proper supply voltages, replace U11. __________________ Links >> Basic Car Audio Amp Repair --- Basic Car Audio Electronics --- Basic Transistor Testing --- Basic Switching Power Supply Design --- Basic Computer Skills << Links


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22nd December 2011, 06:56 PM	#6
seankane diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington State	Hey Perry I was debating U11 last night but didnt want to change a part that I didnt know was bad or not. I was not sure what the voltages were suppose to be. I changed out U11 and the amp works great, thanks again. Merry CHristmas __________________ Pyramid 46 Amp Power Supply----Fluke 787 Processmeter----Tektronix 465 Scope----Velleman HPS40 Scope----Soldering Iron----Desoldering Iron----Hejet HJ 500-S Heatgun----DM4070 Digital LCR Meter----Propane Torch

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