700/1 “Tim” WOPL driver board

AngrySailor said:
Two non polarized caps in series back to back be ok Joe? Or should I get non polar caps?
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Should be on the order of 1uF film, non polar. Those have very low ESR which is what you are looking for. Aluminum polar caps have pretty lousy ESR at high frequency
 
Gepetto said:
Should be on the order of 1uF film, non polar. Those have very low ESR which is what you are looking for. Aluminum polar caps have pretty lousy ESR at high frequency
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Ok, the original Mallory caps were 4uF. The highest ESR was 2.8 ohm.
 
Andrew, something to look for is the alignment of the heatsink and chassis holes. My 400 S1, 400 S2, and 700 Pro all have the same machining error at the far right bottom output transistor location. This is easily fixed. Perhaps this is the source of your issue when snugging up the outputs. Below is a photo from my 700 Build thread. Look closely at the photo for the alignment mismatch that trashes the original socket and makes installing the WOAD backplane stepped washers a no go. Don't know if the 700 S1 suffers the same machining error, but needs looked at.
 

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Have to wonder if snugging the second row is causing a first row screw to ground. You can check this using drill bits or tapered punches to index the heat sink to chassis.
 
George S. said:
Andrew, something to look for is the alignment of the heatsink and chassis holes. My 400 S1, 400 S2, and 700 Pro all have the same machining error at the far right bottom output transistor location. This is easily fixed. Perhaps this is the source of your issue when snugging up the outputs. Below is a photo from my 700 Build thread. Look closely at the photo for the alignment mismatch that trashes the original socket and makes installing the WOAD backplane stepped washers a no go. Don't know if the 700 S1 suffers the same machining error, but needs looked at.
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The days before laser precision (and QC)
 
I dare say that IS laser precision.

When actual machinists worked this stuff out, everything fit... correctly.
 
Kinda lazy day here. Fixed the parents furnace, needed a new circulation pump. Just soldered in Tim’s new bias resistors. Prob start putting eh backplane back in unless the urge to take a nap wins... still gotta change out them caps first be easier.
 

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Back plane back into place with new bias resistors and Linda’s 0.33uF caps. Linda only had these caps on one channel... side note to anyone in the Niagara area, don’t use “Pete’s Electronics” what he doesn’t mess up he’ll steal (cough cough my RT-707 cough)...
 

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Next time I'm there I'll be sure and heed that warning...
 
laatsch55 said:
Next time I'm there I'll be sure and heed that warning...
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Shit, are those bias resistors 2 watt??? Some reason I thought they were 1/4 watt and I got 1/2 watt as they had them in stock... fudge improbably gotta change them out eh?
 
laatsch55 said:
They'll work for troubleshooting..
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Ok, just installed the Phoenix connectors on runs board. What a pain to desolder the holes but I got it. I brushed the board when I built it with alcohol and a tooth brush but damn there’s still flux on it, you can see it better now that it yellowed some. Best way to clean it off? It’s hard as glass... what seminconductors did you want me to check Lee? Q7 & Q10 right? There was something else can remember where you posted it though...
 
The diodes around those, the low voltage test points in the middle od the board. Rail fuses ok?
 
For the really tough rosin----acetone. Dont get it on electrolytics.
 
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