I want to have a small dual mono amp. I have also from you and the V4H . Preamp i am going to use your Peeceebee preamp
Shaan is there 2 pcb`s + mosfet left for me?
Planning to sell my V4 boards
Me too i have bult too many amplifiers so for sale... two boards V4 and 4 selected mosfets.
SSHV2-P.C.Bee V4 Mosfets-ES9018K2M DAC-LT3042 DIYINHK-PSU+3/5/7V- Controller ES9018K2
SSHV2-P.C.Bee V4 Mosfets-ES9018K2M DAC-LT3042 DIYINHK-PSU+3/5/7V- Controller ES9018K2
Hi Shaan i would like to know the price of everything. All the parts you sell to build the amp. Two boards, matched transistors, psu etc.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Hi Gsusay.
V4 - not available currently
V4H - available - 20USD per PCB
Preamplifier - available - 20USD per PCB
PSU - available - 20USD per pcb
Lateral MOSFET pair for V4H - available - 14USD per pair
edit: I do not sell all components separately. Pre-assembled/ready to use modules are sold only within India, only bare PCBs and MOSFETs are shipped outside of India. BOM for all the above boards are shared in their respective threads. You can assess total cost from them. Links to the threads in my signature.
V4 - not available currently
V4H - available - 20USD per PCB
Preamplifier - available - 20USD per PCB
PSU - available - 20USD per pcb
Lateral MOSFET pair for V4H - available - 14USD per pair
edit: I do not sell all components separately. Pre-assembled/ready to use modules are sold only within India, only bare PCBs and MOSFETs are shipped outside of India. BOM for all the above boards are shared in their respective threads. You can assess total cost from them. Links to the threads in my signature.
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Hi, after assembling my V4 with components I had in hand and modding it to rev2 read that at least first 2 input trasistors should be matched.
So I desoldered all the BC546\556 and measured the Hfe.
For measuring I used 2 device: one Mastech M830B and a chinese multitester like this one.
For the BC 546/556 measuring with DMM I got a very narrow result 300-320 but for the measurements with chinese multimester the measurements are odd. For BC546 I got same reading of HFE 432.
What are you using guys for measuring hfe? I am confused now.
Regarding small value capacitors, now I have some ceramics, would silver mica make more sense or some wima fkp2?
So I desoldered all the BC546\556 and measured the Hfe.
For measuring I used 2 device: one Mastech M830B and a chinese multitester like this one.
For the BC 546/556 measuring with DMM I got a very narrow result 300-320 but for the measurements with chinese multimester the measurements are odd. For BC546 I got same reading of HFE 432.
What are you using guys for measuring hfe? I am confused now.
Regarding small value capacitors, now I have some ceramics, would silver mica make more sense or some wima fkp2?
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Hi, after assembling my V4 with components I had in hand and modding it to rev2 read that at least first 2 input trasistors should be matched.
So I desoldered all the BC546\556 and measured the Hfe.
For measuring I used 2 device: one Mastech M830B and a chinese multitester like this one.
For the BC 546/556 measuring with DMM I got a very narrow result 300-320 but for the measurements with chinese multimester the measurements are odd. For BC546 I got same reading of HFE 432.
What are you using guys for measuring hfe? I am confused now.
Hi Atupi.
I use Mastech's bottom range MAS830L multimeter to find similar HFE BJTs. I haven't compared its results with other meters but as far as performance of the tested BJTs in the amp goes, I'm satisfied with it.
Regarding small value capacitors, now I have some ceramics, would silver mica make more sense or some wima fkp2?
If you can afford silver mica then close your eyes and get them in the pF zone. For 100nF caps WIMA polyester types (e.g. MKS4) will be great, polyprops like FKP not necessary but will work nonetheless.
Happy holidays everyone and a great new year.
Shaan I need your help again. During my work to check the hfe of BC transistors I think I managed to destroy one channel.
First of all I had a solder bridge on Q10 and this lead to get some smoke from R24. I cleaned that bridge, replaced R24 and for few minuted I got few jumping milivolts on speaker output them R24 smoked again. Checked again, nothing looks bad but I get 30V DC on output and R24 gets very fast hot and smoking.
How to start troubleshooting? I would appreciate some help.
All the best,
Adrian
Shaan I need your help again. During my work to check the hfe of BC transistors I think I managed to destroy one channel.
First of all I had a solder bridge on Q10 and this lead to get some smoke from R24. I cleaned that bridge, replaced R24 and for few minuted I got few jumping milivolts on speaker output them R24 smoked again. Checked again, nothing looks bad but I get 30V DC on output and R24 gets very fast hot and smoking.
How to start troubleshooting? I would appreciate some help.
All the best,
Adrian
Hi Adrian.
It seems like the P MOSFET's gate terminal was overloaded by the solder bridge, which would mean the mosfet is dead. Please check continuity between each mosfet terminal and output terminal with power removed, red probe to output terminal. Pin 1 should show open circuit, pin 2 should show short circuit, pin 3 should show a few hundred ohms.Happy holidays everyone and a great new year.
Shaan I need your help again. During my work to check the hfe of BC transistors I think I managed to destroy one channel.
First of all I had a solder bridge on Q10 and this lead to get some smoke from R24. I cleaned that bridge, replaced R24 and for few minuted I got few jumping milivolts on speaker output them R24 smoked again. Checked again, nothing looks bad but I get 30V DC on output and R24 gets very fast hot and smoking.
How to start troubleshooting? I would appreciate some help.
All the best,
Adrian
Thanks for your advice Shaan. Still not clear if my j162 is broken but I observed it is impossible to buy a new one from the reputed dealers. Should I try my luck on ebay? I always avoid to buy semis from China but I see no alternative.
Using a multitester I checked Q4, Q10 and Q12 and all seem to be ok. I would appreciate some directions to troubleshoot.
Yeah, it looks like Q11 died and I discovered is a Exicon ECX10N20. Maybe I should replace both Q11,Q12? Anyone in Europe have a pair for sale?
Yeah, it looks like Q11 died and I discovered is a Exicon ECX10N20. Maybe I should replace both Q11,Q12? Anyone in Europe have a pair for sale?
Sorry Adrian, I have been running a fever for a couple days so couldn't be present.
Atupi ,
Maybe I can be at your service

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