Ya hey gang. I have another stump the Sunnbobb issue. I'm working on an pl400 with the PL14 Board. I haven't found anything in the service manual that deals with this issue.
Using a DBT and a variac, with no out puts, the amp fires up fine. With just the DBT, and fired up hard from 110V, the bulb lights up and dims immediately as it should.
If I connect my test speakers up (output), and fire up the amp, the DBT glows very bright, and remains on. It does the same even if I only hook one speaker up on either output.
All transistors test fine. 401 predrivers, and MJ96 drivers in correct positions on the back plane.
I replaced the Filter caps with new ones from WO, as well as the WO Bridge rectifier.
All new fuses, and none are blowing.
DC offset is less than .04 on the left channel, and .01 on the right, well within spec.
Bias is running at 4.9 MV, again, not far from spec.
The filters caps and rails are running at about 79V.
I did these tests without the speakers hooked up as I did not want to run the amp with the DBT bright.
Lastly, the Q3 and Q4 are the recommended MPS A93.