New amp!

ChrisB Posted on 04.02.2012 #1
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Well, not brand new, quite old actually but new to me :)

It's a Peavey TNT 115 BW, 150w into 4Ω with a 15" speaker. Needs the smoothing caps replacing (there's a bit of buzzing) but they're not expensive and I can drive a soldering iron so it shouldn't be a problem.

Not sure my neighbours are going to be as happy as I am about it hehehe....
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Dick Posted on 04.02.2012 #2
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yeah, that looks REALLY GOOD! play a nice warm-up greeting to the neighbours before turnig it up fer real, lol
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ChrisB Posted on 05.02.2012 #3
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Smoothing caps desoldered, postman should be delivering the replacements on Tuesday...
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ChrisB Posted on 07.02.2012 #4
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New capacitors fitted, power amp board back in the tray. I replaced the secondary caps as well seeing as they're about the same age. Couldn't get axial ones at a decent price so I used radials instead. Time for a quick test before fitting it all back together....
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ChrisB Posted on 07.02.2012 #5
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....and it's all good! No horrible buzz and it sounds 100x better :D
Dick Posted on 07.02.2012 #6
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respect man, I'd never have attempted that :)
you got some electro-education to do stuff like that?
ChrisB Posted on 07.02.2012 #7
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Cheers man, no actual training, just an amateur hehehe. I have the internet for research and have a few friends who are electronics engineers so I can ask for advice. Also, old equipment is pretty simple and there's loads of space on the board - It would have been far more difficult with a modern amp.

It sounds *really* nice now too :)
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