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I don't have a face plate as of yet but did hook it up and no fire and listened to a great sounding amp. I rebuilt my first Carver C-500 amp. No, I stuffed a Phase Linear 400 into a Carver C-500 amp. No, I stuffed a White Oak amp into a Phase Linear 400 amp into a Carver C-500 amp. Thank you...

I should of expected that from you.

Let me pull up that amp on the internet and look. Thank you for the offer. I still have not tested my amp yet with music. Hopefully the weekend. I'm not too worried about the looks and meters, as this amp will be mounted outside of the home theater in another room. But it sure would look cool if...

Gene, if you remember, I'm rebuilding a Carver C-500 amp. This one is using LED meters like the phase linear 400. Also, as you see I have no circuit board, level switches or gain controls. Just a blank plate. I have a set of Joes meters, but measuring it out, I don't think I can make it work. I...

Everyone, sorry about missing time here. I let work get in the way. Lol. Tonight, I was able to mount my control board and wire up. Applied power and set bias for both channels... Looks good. Have to mount RCA inputs and wire to board. Then see if we have music. Don't know what I'm going to do...

While I was learning every one's age, I was still working on my amp. Tonight, I was able to apply power. At about 85 volts input, DC relay clicked on. No smell, sparks, blown fuses, etc. Guess I'm on the right track. Tomorrow night, I'll install the control board and take voltage measurements...

I'm a 63 year old "Lad". lol!

More work completed tonight. Bridge mounted and wired in. Bypass capacitor soldered in across power capacitors. View of full comp left channel. (Right channel the same.) DC relay installed. Also note fuses located on right side above DC relay, for input to the new control board not mounted yet...

The Amps are ready to order?

Everything fits because your using Joe's set of capacitors. His set measures 1.75 in diameter and mine are 2.0 in diameter. Let me put a capacitor kit on order with Joe. Thats why I relocated to another spot the bridge. Everyone, thanks you for the guidance!! Gary

Joe, Yes, they were located on the side wall. The old capacitors were glued to the wall and were 1.75" diameter. Carvers old bridge was 25 amp and small. New caps are 2" in diameter, I used a larger 50-amp bridge and I replaced the glue with capacitors clamps. All this used up space on the side...

Gibsonian, Thanks for the subjection on bridge relocation. Joe is this better? You have any other ideas? If this looks good to all, I'm going to continual only after I hear something back - good or bad.?

I think I can make that work. I'll look into it this evening... Thanks

Why do I feel I'm in trouble? The Carver transformer does not have the Phase Linear cradle for the capacitors to rest on. The original capacitors were somewhat glued to the side wall. Also, carver was using a 25amp bridge. When I replaced the capacitors and added capacitor mount brackets...

little more done for today from different positions. I hope to mount the transformer this weekend and apply power to the back wall and take measurements for all to see. Sure, a lot easier to work on without the transformer mounted. How's it look so far?

Thank you for the explanation. Hopefully Don will see the response....

Don, I'm sure I will not be able to explain the parallel capacitors to your satisfaction. Your skill and knowledge are way above me. Remember, I'm just your everyday electronics hobbyists. I'm trying to follow a semantics plan. I do something and then display it here for all to say yes or no...

Does this look any better? (250v 1.5uf 5% film capacitors) It definitely much easier working with Joe's Back plane boards.

You sir are 100% correct. I did rail to output not rail to ground. I will correct this, this evening before I do anything else. Thank you. When you say to add 2 1.5UF metal capacitor, do you mean from rail to ground also? Both capacitors wired in parallel?

Left back plane of my Carver C-500 almost done. Thats all for tonight.