amp doesnt amp..that good
i just bought a precision audio amp off of ebay, its kinda old and used, and one channel is gone
when i hooked it up to my sub, it acted wierd, like it wasnt pushing hardly any watts it even did this to a little shelf system speaker i had laying around what could be the problem?? is it something that i can fix? i have moderate electronics experience could i fix the channel thats gone?? the amp is 2 channel 400w |
btw my sub is a super blue 15
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you would want to post this in the audio/interior section as it is not FC related.
But it sounds like half an output channel is blown in the amp |
damn.....icemark is a stickler for the proper sections....
THATS JUST A JOKE (a stupid one at that) SO DONT TAKE OFFENSE OR CHEW ME OUT! =-dustin |
Originally posted by Fitness Stain damn.....icemark is a stickler for the proper sections.... THATS JUST A JOKE (a stupid one at that) SO DONT TAKE OFFENSE OR CHEW ME OUT! =-dustin All in fun Justin, but next time he'll know where to post, right??? |
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and its dustin |
Originally posted by Fitness Stain all is fun.... and its dustin Sorry man |
Originally posted by Icemark you would want to post this in the audio/interior section as it is not FC related. But it sounds like half an output channel is blown in the amp how would i go about fixing or replacing the output channel?? or would i not be able to go about it..... |
open it up and replace the burnt mosfet
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the mosfets are the black things on the sides of the board right??
im a stereo noob how would i test to see which mosfet is bad?? i got an old alpine amp that doesnt work, and its got mosfets in it could i swap them in?? where could i find replacements?? too many questions!!.......sorry |
The Mosfets are the transistors in the amp, there are two rails of them on each side of the board. I don't know what model you have so its hard for me to say which side the output rail is (although I remember most of the art seires had them on the top edge of the board).
If you can determin which one is blown, then you could in theory replace the burnt one with a new one that had the same numbers (model) on it (if you were able to find a new one somewhere). Most older alpine amps didn't use a mosfet design transistor. It wasn't until their amps started being designed and built in the US that they started using them. IMO: I think you are over your head here, and that your mentioned i have moderate electronics experience |
in over my head, huh
maybe, but all that hold the mosfets in are the screws that ground them and the solder joints right? in theory i COULD install new ones right? if i could find them in theory |
my alpiine is a 3533
is that old enough to not have mosfets??? |
Originally posted by sirgrantalot my alpiine is a 3533 is that old enough to not have mosfets??? Originally posted by sirgrantalot maybe, but all that hold the mosfets in are the screws that ground them and the solder joints right? perhaps you have a really really old amp. But yes, if you can find the blown fet, figure out what model the fet was, and you could find another (maybe digi-key) you could un-solder the old one and solder a new one in. |
where would i get that mosfet???
is the model the number on it, i cant remember what the number is now but... it started doing something wierd just yesterday some bass will all of a sudden come on, moderate thump, but if i turn the volume all the way down theres a strange thumping sound every second or so like thump...thump....thump etc this only happens when theres bass the bass will cut out sometime completely now..... is my amp finnally dieing totally?? |
Originally posted by sirgrantalot where would i get that mosfet??? is the model the number on it, i cant remember what the number is now but... it started doing something wierd just yesterday some bass will all of a sudden come on, moderate thump, but if i turn the volume all the way down theres a strange thumping sound every second or so like thump...thump....thump etc this only happens when theres bass the bass will cut out sometime completely now..... is my amp finnally dieing totally?? The sound you hear is the amp's outputs switching on and off to protect from a short. After a while the protection cricuit will over heat and the amp will die unless the problem is fixed. |
where would i get the mosfets???
ive searched some, but what is the best place to buy those chips?? is the mosfet the only thing that i need to change??? |
Originally posted by sirgrantalot where would i get the mosfets??? ive searched some, but what is the best place to buy those chips?? is the mosfet the only thing that i need to change??? http://www.digi-key.com You need to fix the speaker short first. Also double check that no resisters or diodes got smoked on the board as well (they will look burnt and black if they did). |
hey thanx man
thanx a ton ill see if i can fix it:) |
hahaha,
damn this thread is going longer than it ever should with only 2 people posting on it anyways ice, i went to digikey, and for mosfets they have like 4 ro 5 colums that you select certain things for it, like manufacturer and stuff will the number on the top of the fet be enough to find the right one??? would i just type that number along with mosfet into the search? |
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