Part of the board is a different color and the fuse put smoke out. I have no idea how to go about seeing what failed as no resistors burned or capacitors blew out.
When building a PSU from scratch like that, it is best to take baby steps.
Populate the rectifier - verify that voltage and polarity make sense.
Populate the filter capacitor - check that voltage is being smoothed properly and is about where you'd expect (~30 V for a 12V + 12 V).
Only then proceed with the regulator.
As the fuse went down so violently, I can only assume something like an accidental short in the rectifier or miswired rectifier diodes so it puts out a negative voltage, which the filter capacitor isn't happy with.
Populate the rectifier - verify that voltage and polarity make sense.
Populate the filter capacitor - check that voltage is being smoothed properly and is about where you'd expect (~30 V for a 12V + 12 V).
Only then proceed with the regulator.
As the fuse went down so violently, I can only assume something like an accidental short in the rectifier or miswired rectifier diodes so it puts out a negative voltage, which the filter capacitor isn't happy with.
I managed to rebuild it and everything sounded good, but I found that I have a 60 Hz or 120 Hz hum. When I put the amplifier on battery it dissappears. I need to do a better layout on the PSU and report back.
Just revisiting your previous photos of the board that let the smoke out.
Can't help but wonder if you had a short at the circled area:
Hard to tell by photos sometimes.
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Based on some more reading, do you think this will be a better design with regards to ripple, PSRR, etc.? I want to have a better design, layout etc. before I try to rebuild the PSU.
Everything looked okay, but it appeared to be an issue with the diodes as well as some poor soldering. What do you think of this as a new PSU?
The diode cracked straight in half. I will be using 1N4007's from now on. Have a look at the new design?
What about the PSU now?