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by AyEss
Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

Amp is now fully running... :D A huge thankyou for the help, i seriously couldnt have done it without you.. all faulty T03 transistors replaced, driver transistors replaced, re-capped with nichicon caps, resistor packs replaced, opamps too. sounds beautiful now :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkf...
by AyEss
Thu Aug 18, 2022 6:34 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

nah bud, there arent no mica insulators on any of them.. They just have silicone greese thermal paste, Collector basically in contact with the heatsink.. Update though.. I managed to find the problem.... Being a noob, I did test all the T0-3's.. But for some reason, I missed one out... One thats hid...
by AyEss
Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:08 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

yeah mate. Ive removed, tested and replaced the t0-3's that showed open or shorted.. Replaced the driver transistors too.. Removed and tested all the White cased resistors and replaced ones that were out of tollerance... I have also tested all capacitors too, All within tollerance... But ive STILL g...
by AyEss
Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:45 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

Okay, Removed the rear board Triac's.. the idle hum through the speakers has totally gone, and so has the speaker POP when i power it on :) Maybe the BTA16-600B's i fitted, weren't happy, Got told to buy 700B's instead, But i think im will just go with what's tried and true, get some replacement SAC...
by AyEss
Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:09 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

You're a star :) and yeah, I noticed the both channel boards are basically mirror flips of each other.. The reason why i want to remove the IC's, is because one of them had a leg bent out, making no contact, and since i ordered replacements of them all, I thought id make sure im 100% putting them in...
by AyEss
Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:29 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

Inspect both channel boards.. Both seam to have the DIP8 chips all scrambled up.. Neither boards match up..
Do you happen to know, which chips go into each location? That ive circled with 1, 2, 3 and 4?!?

Thankyou
by AyEss
Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:14 pm
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Re: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

hello bud, thanks for your reply. Being a newbie in this.. Unfortunately, Your message makes very little sense to me :lol: So with my channel board have places for 4x DIP8 packages... which ones are the OPAMPS?!? :D The TL072CN's?!? And in regards to the Traic's... So they dont have to be installed?...
by AyEss
Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:06 am
Forum: Power Amplifiers
Topic: Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)
Replies: 13
Views: 4975

Repairing a CS1000. (newbie)

Hello guys and girls. Totally new to repairing amplifiers.. So pleasre bare with me :) This is my very first project... As the title suggests, Im in the process of repairing a CS1000 amp that i bought for dirt cheap locally to me. Bought as "faulty", with no plug on it.. I wired up a plug, flicked t...