Repairing a Rega Elex Integrated Amplifier

TATER1971 · 27th September 2011, 11:25 PM

Hi there, got a Rega Elex Integrated Amplifier back in the early 90's.... Sounds great with my Royd Speakers. Anyhoo....it stopped working and in a fiit of ingenuity I opened it up and saw the fuse was blown. Seems easy enough right? The fuse said T3 .15A250V so I went down to the Radio Shack equivalent and bought two fuses that I thought might work. Nexxtech Slow Blow Fuses 3.15 A 250V. Well Input one after the other and all I got were two blu flashes and not much else! lol...

If you hadn't guessed already...I'm a hack......but any advice anyone can give me would be much appreciated.

Thanks

nigelwright7557 · 28th September 2011, 12:06 AM

If fuses are blowing it is usually something fundamental like bridge rectifier blown, smoothing capacitors shorted or output transistors shorted.

TATER1971 · 28th September 2011, 02:53 AM

Ahhh thanks Nigel...this sounds a little beyond my meager abilities then....don't suppose you'd hazard a guess on what it might cost to fix given the possible scenarios you describe?

ingenieus · 28th September 2011, 12:23 PM

It is nearly impossible to make an estimate on repair costs based on the information available. Nigel's answer is an educated guess (with which I agree). I would further hazard a guess that the output transistors are the most likely source of your troubles.

About the price, that depends entirely on where you live, what parts need to be replaced and who does the work. The only answer I can give is that it will be a whole lot less than the cost of a new amp.

TATER1971 · 29th September 2011, 12:58 AM

Well ...that's good news then ...(of a kind)....guess I'll have to find a good repair shop.
Thanks to you both for the info and appraisal.

27th September 2011, 11:25 PM	#1
TATER1971 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	Repairing a Rega Elex Integrated Amplifier Hi there, got a Rega Elex Integrated Amplifier back in the early 90's.... Sounds great with my Royd Speakers. Anyhoo....it stopped working and in a fiit of ingenuity I opened it up and saw the fuse was blown. Seems easy enough right? The fuse said T3 .15A250V so I went down to the Radio Shack equivalent and bought two fuses that I thought might work. Nexxtech Slow Blow Fuses 3.15 A 250V. Well Input one after the other and all I got were two blu flashes and not much else! lol... If you hadn't guessed already...I'm a hack......but any advice anyone can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks

28th September 2011, 12:06 AM	#2
nigelwright7557 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Carlisle, England	If fuses are blowing it is usually something fundamental like bridge rectifier blown, smoothing capacitors shorted or output transistors shorted. __________________ http://www.murtonpikesystems.co.uk PCBCAD40 pcb design software.

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28th September 2011, 02:53 AM	#3
TATER1971 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	Ahhh thanks Nigel...this sounds a little beyond my meager abilities then....don't suppose you'd hazard a guess on what it might cost to fix given the possible scenarios you describe?

28th September 2011, 12:23 PM	#4
ingenieus diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011	It is nearly impossible to make an estimate on repair costs based on the information available. Nigel's answer is an educated guess (with which I agree). I would further hazard a guess that the output transistors are the most likely source of your troubles. About the price, that depends entirely on where you live, what parts need to be replaced and who does the work. The only answer I can give is that it will be a whole lot less than the cost of a new amp.

29th September 2011, 12:58 AM	#5
TATER1971 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	Well ...that's good news then ...(of a kind)....guess I'll have to find a good repair shop. Thanks to you both for the info and appraisal.

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