>
>
>I just picked up an SB200 from an estate sale that looks like it sat in a
>basement for 3 years!
>
>
>Anyway, upon firing it up, it appears to put out 500w into the Bird on a
>dummy load. After about 3 minutes of use, the HV bleeder resistors start to
>smoke from overheating.
The 30k units normally run hot enough to toast the circuit board. I
would change the capacitor equalizers to 100k-ohm, 3w MOF. By measuring
the T=RC dischange time, you can calculate total C and determine if it's
time to go with a new set of filter caps.
good luck, Eric
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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