Cambridge Audio A5 Repair Help

You can't have a "dead" short on the power devices and the amp still working because it would blow the 4A fuses on the board as soon you power it up.
If your "short" is between pin "S" and "E" (see picture in service manual) it's not a short it is a very low Ohm resistor (0.22R) that some cheaper voltmeters/multimeters read as a short.

Good luck

Maybe I have read them wrong then, Ill re measure and see what I find I thought it strange that the amp would still work if they are blown?

When the outputs fail they go short circuit and the input protection fuses blow.
The data sheet for the SAP15N can be reviewed.

SAP15N Datasheet(PDF) - Sanken electric

I will double check thank you!

Just ensure your not measuring across the internal low value emitter resistor.


Thanks for the links I will check them out
 
Ok I think I messed up there still alive I think, on the PY between S & E is 0.33 ohms and between D & B reads 1.3283 on the diode mode am i doing this correct is there anything else i should check on them? The one im testing is out of circuit currently.
 
Remember that they are Darlington transistors, so there are two of them in the same package, and there is a resistor between base and emitter. From what you have described so far, I would say the output transistors are fine. Normally when they fail, there is a noticeable blow hole in the package!
 
Remember that they are Darlington transistors, so there are two of them in the same package, and there is a resistor between base and emitter. From what you have described so far, I would say the output transistors are fine. Normally when they fail, there is a noticeable blow hole in the package!

Cheers bud there's no sign of burning or damage at all on them maybe the little ceramic cap that blew saved them