PL700 Series II Lessons Learned

kwingylee

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#24
My first foray into a complete rebuild of a PL700 Series II was quite a learning experience, I have been a PL700B guy until now. This rebuild included a new chassis, 120V/240V selector switch, WOA Backplane Kits, WOA Control Board Kit, WOA Cylon LED Board Kits, WOA bulk capacitors, new power switch, and DC Protect Board including new input and output connectors.

I learned you can put a heatsink in upside down and the amp will still pass a bias test:
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I learned not to test the temperature of the output devices with your hand if you touch two rows at a time:
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I learned not to let my 250 Watt soldering iron get too close to the bulk capacitors:
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But, I also learned that when I applied power for the first time, the initial bias value was 335mV and it was an easy adjust to get to 350mV, the DC offset was 0.000V, and the Cylon LEDs need the -100V reference (rail fuses uninstalled) or all the segments will light up very brightly:
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Overall, the 80 hours of work on this amplifier were very satisfying. However, hearing some Shpongle at mach 10 made it even more satisfying. They call it "Burning in" but it is really the technician saying "Oh, yeah..."
Where did you sourced the power switch from?
 

FredR

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when i was about 12 years old I gave my sister insulated wire cutters and told her to cut a 110v wire at the wall socket. she is 4 years younger. hell of a spark show, but no harm. scared the shit out of her. Still feel guilty about that.
 

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when i was about 12 years old I gave my sister insulated wire cutters and told her to cut a 110v wire at the wall socket. she is 4 years younger. hell of a spark show, but no harm. scared the shit out of her. Still feel guilty about that.
I had an older sister, i regret nothing..
 
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