PL700II turn off, delayed thump

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So I checked out the new PL700II and all seems great...until I trun it off, then 10 sec. later one loud thump. Very repeatable. Input levels don't matter. No bad noise at shut off, just a delayed thump. Any ideas? Thanks
 
Normal turn off thump. Only thing you can do is closely match Q1, Q2....if it has the LF 351 .......well......
 
Well, you can add a DC protect board which also gives off-muting...
 
Regardless of which one it has, if you have turn off thump ...that's the culprit...
 
Netfly said:
Meaning if its a 351 I should replace it anyway?
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There was a 700 II service bulletin which was issued:

In the first year production runs of the model 400 and 700 Series Two PL36 driver boards we used a TO-99 packaged Fairchild or Signetics LF356 front end BI-FET op amp. This particular IC package was found to cause an unacceptable turn-off "thump" in some amplifiers. We later discovered and used in production a 9 pin mini-DIP packaged LF356 (National) which reduced this thump.

As of about May of 1979 all production runs of the PL36 driver board began using a National LF351 IC (Phase Linear part number 126-0114) which was found to have a better slew rate, slightly lower distortion, and substantially reduced the delayed turn-off thump. They are also cheaper.

If a model 400 or 700 Series Two amplifier has excessive delayed turn-off noise the front end IC's should be replaced with the LF351. These are a direct retrofit device and require no additional modification to the PC board.


NOTE: If you replace the LF356 with a LF351 you will also need to change out R1 and R2 (2.4K/5W) resistors to 7.5K/5W.

I also install 8 pin sockets with gold contacts.

If you have a handful of LF351's, you may be able to use trial and error replacement until the turn-off thump is reduced to an acceptable level. Changing out the IC's will also change the DC offset. (Factory spec was +/-10mV for DC offset. You should be able to get much better than that.)

Ed
 
Netfly said:
So I checked out the new PL700II and all seems great...until I trun it off, then 10 sec. later one loud thump. Very repeatable. Input levels don't matter. No bad noise at shut off, just a delayed thump. Any ideas? Thanks
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Normal for the stock PL amps. If you upgrade that problem will go away.
 
Thanks for the detailed explanation Ed. I'll look tomorrow, May have a few or not. Havn't looked for those in a while.


Joe this may be a candidate, if another 351 IC is not an good fix. I'd like to fix the problem. My other one never did this.
 
I wouldn't touch a capacitor on that amp with a 3.38 meter pole if it holds a charge THAT LONG. That's nasty.
 
Open the can of worms today. I didn't look too bad, aside from supply caps that look replaced.
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Checked the rails .Not too bad.
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A bit more noise on the outputs at idle than I anticipated.
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My search for LF351s continue, As usual seem to have everything but...
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Several places to look. Still haven't read what's in there now. The board will come out later.
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Netfly said:
Open the can of worms today. I didn't look too bad, aside from supply caps that look replaced.
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Checked the rails .Not too bad.
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A bit more noise on the outputs at idle than I anticipated.
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My search for LF351s continue, As usual seem to have everything but...
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Several places to look. Still haven't read what's in there now. The board will come out later.
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What do you have going on at 167 KHz?
 
On the bottom that's just the scale. Here is a better look:

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Just a/c noise. Think that is too much? Maybe the bridge. I was more concerned withh the output noise.
 
I don't know it that's too much or not but if Gepetto is curious it's probably a good place to look. Uncouple and post that same test if you would, or at least decrease the noise input a good deal and work up from that.

WOPL mods are probably going to help a lot.
 
By the way, have you checked your preamp, taken it out of the loop to compare as well?
 
Found LF356 IMG_20170930_164806776_HDR.jpgand 2.4k resistors installed. IMG_20170930_160420765_HDR.jpg

Time for a new op amp.
 
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