I have built a inverted GC based on Peter Daniels simplified
schematic. It works great. However, one day I had a soldering
gun plugged into one of the wall outlet where the GC is plugged
into also, and I was working on soldering my speaker crossover,
the GC was powered on, and I could here a loud pop whever
I release the trigger of the solering gun. Squeezing the trigger
heat up the gun, but that does not cause any pop, only
when I release the trigger which stops current going to the
gun that I hear the loud pop through the speakers that
are driven by the GC. Anybody has seen this problem?
Anybody knows how to fix it? I have done the same test
with other commercial amp, and they dont have this problem.
One thing I need to add is that I used a IEC power socket
in the GC and I dont have a commercial power conditioner to
plug my GC into to see if it helps or not.😕
schematic. It works great. However, one day I had a soldering
gun plugged into one of the wall outlet where the GC is plugged
into also, and I was working on soldering my speaker crossover,
the GC was powered on, and I could here a loud pop whever
I release the trigger of the solering gun. Squeezing the trigger
heat up the gun, but that does not cause any pop, only
when I release the trigger which stops current going to the
gun that I hear the loud pop through the speakers that
are driven by the GC. Anybody has seen this problem?
Anybody knows how to fix it? I have done the same test
with other commercial amp, and they dont have this problem.
One thing I need to add is that I used a IEC power socket
in the GC and I dont have a commercial power conditioner to
plug my GC into to see if it helps or not.😕
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Joined 2002
I was not soldering the amp. The amp was closed/boxed up.
I was soldering on some speaker crossover circuit.
I have a feeling that soldering gun does not matter in this
case, I could have used a hair dryer and would have noticed the same problem.
I was soldering on some speaker crossover circuit.
I have a feeling that soldering gun does not matter in this
case, I could have used a hair dryer and would have noticed the same problem.
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Joined 2002
might be problems with grounding or filtering. I don't know many people that use there hair dryer on the same outlet as there amplifiers or there audio. And still you should not solder on a speaker wire when a amp is powered up.
JasonL said:
🙄 the speaker wires weren't connected to the amp.... he was more than likely running his gainclone on some other speakers while he finished some others.. lol and if I am wrong I'll just go back to my sinbin... lol
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Joined 2002
maybe buy some suppressers and put them on the ac line .( of the amp ) what about buying a nice plug bar also. that will help too..
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