Luxman LV105 need help

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#41
Hi Chris ,the schematic shows no jumpers at all for any of the jumpers and it has many , J1302 I can only assume must be used to jump this spot in models that may not use this transistor because the jumper legs definitely terminate at 2 legs of the 2SD1266 transistor ( emitter & collector )and that can not be possible .. I do understand that not all components are installed in every model , what was throwing me was the jumper holes in J1302 had legs soldered into them that were cut off ,and as you can see in the picture quite a burn mark under the jumper symbol .. Maybe the guy goofed and installed a jumper thinking it was missing and that's what caused some of this damage . I did get a reply form another guy that worked on one of these recently and he did not seem to think it had anything in this spot . From what I'm seeing I'm going with empty as the verdict .. cheers
 
#44
Ramjett said:
Ok guys having a bit of a problem here , I've been going through the circuit board repairing failed components and when I removed Q1301(transistor 2SD1266) to test it , don't even ask about the mangled holes.. I see beside it what I assume is a missing component , hard to read but looks like J1302 the board is showing the symbol for a jumper but when I look at the tracers on the back of the board the jumper would be jumping 2 legs of the transistor . is that even possible . The schematic does not show the placement of jumpers so I'm a bit in the dark as what to do here .. Anyone else with a LV105 that can confirm what if anything belongs in this spot would be extremely helpful , thanks so much guys ,Roger
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One thing is certain. That burnt part of the PCB is conducting = acts as a resistor/short.
You need to cut the burnt part off the PCB and rebuild the circuit off the PCB itself. Have seen this many times on various amps.
Even seen some PCB´s glowing when powered 😉
 
#45
Hello Boydk,
Did you post in the wrong thread?

The unit is repaired and running. There was no charred PCB material noted - ever. The only times I have seen PCB conducting was under a couple of conditions.
  1. Leaking electrolyte from those earlier problem capacitors.
  2. PCB material burned badly enough to create conductive carbon
  3. Degraded "glue" used to fix components to the PCB for wave soldering, dark brown to black means it could be conductive. Slightly conductive with lighter brown shades.
You always confirm by measuring with a good ohmmeter before actually destroying a PCB, it is sufficient to scrape away the burned or conductive areas on top or bottom and apply epoxy. Where it has burned through or is conductive through, you do remove that area only to the good edges and again use epoxy to recreate the PCB. You can use wire to replace missing traces.

If the issue is topical, you remove the material. Sometimes this is difficult as in the case of Adcom. Sometimes you have to buy a replacement PCB, or make one.

Nothing is ever certain unless you prove it by testing properly.
 
#50
Sorry a little late to the party but yes it was cleaned up . I opened the holes up and then filled them with west system epoxy then re drilled them to a practical size . bent the legs over on the back side for the missing part of the trace line .. thanks again everyone ..
 
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