A guide to building the Pass F4 amplifier

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And note that they state: "Important notice: as of 6/10/2019, there are ZERO parts between 8.0 mA and 9.5 mA left. They have all been sold. Will we get more? Not until the parts we still have on hand are sold. It is my understanding when we reach the end of the parts we have on hand that we will then receive more parts. (At least that is the plan.)"
 
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Anyone knows or measured the heat dissipated by the rectifiers ?
Do they really need sinking to case like Zen nicely did in his "papas koan" superb build?

I ask because i can solder them directly on the rectifier circuit board, but in this case they will "float"
BUT
if they heat up under the full load i can do extensions and mount them on the underlying steel case.

But i cant see much benefit on mounting them on steel or even painted steel.

Anyway I guess my question narrows down to : how much will a rectifier dissipate under 10 A load if it is rated @50A and drops 1.1V?
Sinking it onto the painted steel bottom case even enough (considering i have 2 of them)? I must be missing something. (happened before :))
 
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rectifier on the loose

So they will go like this :)
 

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they drop 1.1V so ... no


but why:

P=VI so dissipates 1.1*10 ~11w

so no... i'm an idiot after 12AM

count on , say, 1V3 of voltage drop .... or something like that

dissipation is indeed VI , in case of dual mono PSU you'll have one Iq for I , but in case of shared PSU between channels , that's 2x Iq

so , for latter - 1V3x (say) 2x 1A6=4.16W

and I know for sure that they tend to go Dodo , in shared PSU , inside of an A class amp case , when dangling on the base plate
 
I've been running F4's parallel since last summer ended. With the return of unpleasant heat and air conditioning I'm considering removing the power and signal to one side in each - unsoldering or unscrewing wires from terminals on the PSU and remove a signal cable.
Speakers are probably 4 ohm - but there isn't consistent information on them, I've seen papers posted with "4 ohm nominal" as well as "4 to 8 ohm".
I wish I had a way of making measurements before and after but have been lazy about purchasing a microphone or other test tools.
First, am I missing anything obvious to the oblivious? Perhaps more power on "thump"? I'm using DIYAudio store PSU's with 60,000 uf per rail.
Expected results?