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Old 27th Jul 2019, 3:46 pm   #13
hillmanie
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Default Re: Tandberg series 12

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Originally Posted by ben View Post
After narrowing this to three suspect components, c178 (2.5uF 64v electrolytic) was found to have over 2k resistance both ways. It is located at the output of the EQ preamp, at the emitter of Q120 to be precise.
In cases of weak output is it perhaps a good rule of thumb to first quick check any capacitor at the output of an amp or pre-amp and at the emitter of the transistor? Might save time signal tracing?
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