I accidentally short - circuited tweeter amp on my Fusion amp. I read that is probably blown fuse which is regarding to Hypex "user non-replacable". And that is exactly how it looks. Nowhere on board I cannot to find something resembling fuse.
Ana experience or should I just ship it to Holland?
Thanks in advance!
Ana experience or should I just ship it to Holland?
Thanks in advance!
That's a terrible design then... the amplifier should be short-circuit immune..... are we going backwards in time with the amplifier design???? All amplifiers bought in the '80s had short-circuit resettable protection... why can't the consumer be able to replace the fuse??? It's a plate amplifier that was supposed to be installed inside the speaker... hence some degree of basic electronics/ electric understanding is expected. Why not give an option to the end user to replace the blown fuse?
Are they selling semiprofessional amplifiers that are not short-circuit protected???
Are they selling semiprofessional amplifiers that are not short-circuit protected???
Basically agree but if a plate amp, it lives inside a cabinet, NOT accessible to user, connected straight to internal speakers with a few cm of wire, no short is even expected there.
What was owner doing inside that cabinet?
Those tweeter wires did not short by themselves.
And having "invisible" fuses inside a consumer product is often GOOD; many times I had to repair my own Guitar amps where board caught fire or was really toasted, and fuse was strip of lead cut with scissors type "20A one" pulled from owner´s car or motorcycle, or rolled up cigarette paper or ... or ... or ....
What was owner doing inside that cabinet?
Those tweeter wires did not short by themselves.
And having "invisible" fuses inside a consumer product is often GOOD; many times I had to repair my own Guitar amps where board caught fire or was really toasted, and fuse was strip of lead cut with scissors type "20A one" pulled from owner´s car or motorcycle, or rolled up cigarette paper or ... or ... or ....
Be aware that an SMD fuse looks very similar to an SMD resistor.
That's probably what the non user serviceable fuse is.
Look for something with fuse type designation on the silk screen printing.
Test for continuity/open circuit.
Replace with identical rating (current and slow or fast blow).
Be sure you are confident of your abilities or get someone skilled to do it.
Of course, something else might also have blown.
That's probably what the non user serviceable fuse is.
Look for something with fuse type designation on the silk screen printing.
Test for continuity/open circuit.
Replace with identical rating (current and slow or fast blow).
Be sure you are confident of your abilities or get someone skilled to do it.
Of course, something else might also have blown.