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Old 13th Jan 2021, 10:49 am   #41
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Default Re: Bush DAC90A - Very Low Volume

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Originally Posted by astral highway View Post
Donald, now that you’ve checked the speaker, what about C20? The reason I mention it is that in some fault conditions, EHT can develop on the primary side, making this leaky. This was linked to the first ever problem I encountered in a valve radio.

That would be one candidate for your symptoms. May as well systematically work backwards from one side of the speaker into that red zone.
Thanks for your ongoing interest and support.

C20 has been replaced with a 1kV 0.01μF ceramic capacitor but I can easily remove that and change if required.

I do like a systematic approach rather than randomly changing components in the naive hope that the problem will somehow be resolved.

I'm pressing the PAUSE button on this Thread - as I said earlier "I think I'll put this DAC90A back on the shelf for a few weeks until I've got the stamina to tackle all those checks!"
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