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simonp1100
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Always start at the beginning, so check the XLR & jack inputs (just do this with a multimeter). Let me know how you get on.
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scott_fury
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That makes sense to me as an electrician. Going from a known starting point and testing for live voltage or dead testing for continuity until I find the point where the circuit is shorting or broken.
Although I know how a resistor operates and how to recognise the symbol on schematic, my limited understanding means I don’t know why it is there and what it’s purpose is. Maybe starting with the input and working through, following the signal path, may give me a better understanding of how an amp works? God knows, as an owner of a few knackeres PPX’s I’m gonna need to know how to fix ‘em!
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scott_fury
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Well I haven't got much further with the testing. What I have done so far is to put a 1kHz tone into the input from my phone, measuring 0.121V, and then test it up to IC2.
I can measure the signal at R42 as 0.121V and then on the other side as 0.088V. I can also measure this 0.088V at the input pin of the op amp at IC2. I'm guessing that C22 and R42 are a high pass filter before the op amp, hence the reduction in voltage? How can I measure that this signal is getting through the opamp (pin 1 or 8)? I'll need to power up the amp and measure the signal combined with the voltage from the rail?
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simonp1100
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You could just trying swapping the working chip on channel A to the faulty channel and see if it works o.k. or you could just inject a signal with a signal generator or a mobile phone with a volume control into the mono link molex connector and see if that works (if the chip is working correctly) as IC2 is being used twice in the circuit. Still check the bridge switch as if this is faulty this will not send the signal to the rest of channel B amplifier circuit.
Edited by simonp1100 - 17 June 2018 at 9:58pm |
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scott_fury
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I’ve done a functional test on the bridge switch as well as for continuity and it seems to be operating fine. I put a tone though the link on Channel B with nothing on output. So I then swapped the IC2 chips from A to B. The result was that Channel B worked fine, but Channel A produced a very quiet signal in comparison. So the faulty op amp seems to produce no sound on B and a very weak sound on A. I’ll order some replacements and see what the results is. Should I replace all of them whilst I’m at it? Will any 4558 chip do? |
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simonp1100
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good, looks like a faulty chip. Just replace with a MC1458P (Farnell 110-3044). I would just change ALL of them as they are only 42 pence each. |
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scott_fury
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That’s great Simon. Thanks for helping. I also have a 1200 that’s only got one channel, so may buy a bulk load of chips in case it’s the same issue 👍🏻
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RootsExplosion
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Hello guys
Big thanks for all the information here. We serviced a PPX1200 and got the same fault. We have R71 with specifications: 5K6, 2Watt. We measured 7,2Kohm on it. Replaced it, works fine now. Is theyre an explanation for the higher value? Grtz
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