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Refugee · 2nd Sep 2019, 10:33 pm

The voltage may take an hour or so to fully rise for the first time if the capacitors need a lot of reforming.
After this it will take a minute or so to rise.
Once they are fully reformed the voltage will take about 10 times as long to fall with just the DMM connected. The diode will not make any difference when you turn the power off.

2nd Sep 2019, 10:33 pm	#102
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,553	Re: Shaftesbury 519 amplifier The voltage may take an hour or so to fully rise for the first time if the capacitors need a lot of reforming. After this it will take a minute or so to rise. Once they are fully reformed the voltage will take about 10 times as long to fall with just the DMM connected. The diode will not make any difference when you turn the power off.