RF no output

[Hexhclass]

power T600-4

This amp has no output.Rail and Regulated voltage is percent.Any idea why i get no output?

 

[agentgates]

I think you need to describe your problem in more detail, that would help us more.

 

[Hexhclass]

Amp powers up fine,Rail voltage is ok.
I see correct voltage on the op-amps which are on the main board also on the crossover boards.I apply signal, nothing can be heard in the speaker.Maybe it has a delay circuit?

 

[agentgates]

What happens when you apply DC signal to the opamps input? Does it appear on the output? What happens with the output when you remove the signal?

 

[Perry Babin]

Background information.

We were going through this repair via email but not getting far without a schematic diagram.

The protection circuit is preventing the amp from switching on the output stage.

The attached driver board is what he has (correct me if I'm wrong).

 

[agentgates]

The protection circuit is preventing the amp from switching on the output stage.

One of the many ways to start with this trouble shooting: a protection circuit always kicks in with a reason!

For example:
a) short circuit (some clues: electrolytic caps? does anything get hot?)
b) faulty protection circuit

Let me clarify what I was trying to tell Ian in my previous comment: I would check all the major components one by one. Ian said the voltage rails are fine. So far so good! The next I would go for is the opamp. Since there is power, just apply an external low DC voltage on all inputs and check their corresponding opamp outputs, instead of the end stage's output. Go through all channels like this to narrow down the possibilities.

If I was you, I'd make a list of all major components and each time I tested something I would strike it through and focus only on the remaining ones, otherwise it's just like finding a needle in a haystack.

If all good, I would carry on with the electrolytic caps. They are among the primary causes of failure because they have a relatively short lifetime as the electrolyte tends to evaporate. This changes their internal resistance, sometimes so badly that a cap can short out. Check the aluminium top on them visually to see if there is any "bump" (when internal gas builds up, it is usually a sign of a bad cap). If all good, I'd go through all of them with an ESR meter and match the read outs with their factory specs. If you don't have an ESR meter perhaps a multimeter could give you a clue to identify possibly shorted out caps.

Sorry, that photo doesn't help much.

 

[Hexhclass]

HI
Perry,
that is a other amp,One i email you about does not power up.


Apply the DC voltage on the inputs of the op-amps while it is powered up?
If i apply 3v I should get 3v out? It will be very difficult to do that on the vertical/crossover boards. Is that a risky technique ?

 

[agentgates]

If i apply 3v I should get 3v out?

Ian, use as low voltage as possible. For a conventional audio preamp input I wouldn't go above 200-300mV test voltage and 3v would be HUGE. But I don't know that particular amplifier and normally what supplies it's input signal.

From our correspondence I am assuming that you aren't very equipped for the task so you might want to leave the signal test to the very end and just jump on the cap tests I described earlier. Let's hope that will solve the issue.

Make sure that you have discharged all caps before start testing them! (don't kill yourself)