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    Parts Database

    The silads need to be intended for a TO3 transistor package.
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    voltage for vintage electronics in yo house

    If it's truly rated for 110 volts it's probably also rated for 50Hz. At 60Hz/120 VAC it will be fine.
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    Phase Linear 2000 recap questions

    Power supply could be improved with 7812 & 7912 (+/- 12V) regulators. If the raw DC voltage with about 110 VAC input is above 15 volts, the 12's will work ok. I used these in a TO92 package on my 3300 preamp. Built them on perfboard a little bit larger than a postage stamp. Ebay now has PCBs...
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    Furman power sequencer.

    I wouldn't tear apart a good power supply. Most people have a wall wart power supply lying around that is a 6-12 volt output. You can look at line voltage without a transformer. Assuming your scope has a 3 wire power cord you lift the ground wire on the power cord. Not the safest thing to...
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    RCA Panel/PCB mount for Phase Linear 3500 Series Two

    I have some phono jacks that were used on the P/L 4000 etc. If interested send a P.M.
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    THE Crossover Thread

    Clicks and pops when switching suggests a DC offset from the source.
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    Furman power sequencer.

    Lead free solder sucks. Been there, dealt with the aftermath.
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    Furman power sequencer.

    Is there a schematic available? The 3 transistors likely control the 3 relays.
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    Furman power sequencer.

    Does this thing just turn on outlets in a sequence? If so it seems awful complicated. I could do that with a 555 timer and a counter chip. Multi stage linear filtering? I hate to rain on a parade but it sounds like gobbledygook marketing to me. A ferroresonant transformer will beat the...
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    New Here

    ..and Nav's And Nav's photos.
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    New Here

    I wouldn't touch her with a 10 foot pole. I'd use my hands. I wouldn't touch a 4000 with anything. 100's of cracked solder joints on I/O jacks and mother board.
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    Robin Trower Concert

    I've seen him 3 or 4 times. The last was at a roller rink in Toledo, Ohio.
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    Waves from Slovenia

    FWIW, I visited the Slovenia KRSKO nuclear plant a few years ago.
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    PL 300 S2

    I'm not a fan of the shotgun approach of the repair kits. Too many opportunities to mess things up. Replace only what has failed.
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    Watts speaker relay

    If I understand the proposal, the R/C network is in parallel with the speaker. Assuming the speaker is largely an inductive load, the added snubber would effectively appear as a net resistive load back on the amplifier during normal operation. I must be missing something as I don't see the...
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    Watts speaker relay

    Yep, did not make the weekend get away in Israel.
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    Watts speaker relay

    By the way, anybody that wants to know anything about relays should look up Rod Eliott’s article on his Elliott Sound site. Like all oh his work it’s very well researched and presented in a manner most anybody can understand.
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    Watts speaker relay

    First of all, thanks to all for the nice comments. Yes, the P.L tech manuals I’ve shared have ended up on a few other sites. I didn’t write them and don’t have legal rights to them. I was fortunate to get approved as a P/L service provider in early 1984. That brought all of the service manuals...
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    Watts speaker relay

    The configuration of the contacts may seem confusing at first glance. However it adds additional speaker protection that most other designs don't consider. The schematic is attached for convenience Relay contacts are provided in 3 classes. Normal is defined as shelf state/de-energized. N.O...
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    NEW PREAMP DESIGN

    Attached is the original schematic along with the new version for comparison. It appears to me that the new version has what I assume to be the volume control (R30B) after the buffer and therefore in series with the output. It's entirely possible I'm wrong. If so kinfdly point out my error.
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