>Subject: [AMPS] Alpha 77 problem
>Sent: 3/31/1997 1:50 PM
>Received: 4/01/1997 5:22 AM
>From: Sean McCarthy, wx8l@southwind.net
>Reply-To: mccarths@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
>To: amps@contesting.com
>
>Hello amp guru's
>
>A friend of mine replaced his HV cap in his Alpha 77 with the Dahl
>"drop in" (Ouch$$$)
>
>Anyhow, went from stock 24 to 35MFD, and now the amp blows 20A line
>fuses whenever placed on high tap. Runs fine on low tap.
>
>Any suggestions?
This is puzzling. If a filter C shorts one time on the high tap,
typically, it would be permanently dead shorted/kaput. To eliminate the
filter C, I would disconnect the ungrounded end of it from the amplifier
and high-pot it.
More C is not always better. .
Rich
R. L. Measures, ag6k, 805-386-3734
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