Sony TA-F3000ES
Ok hopefully someone will spend the time to point me in the right direction. This has all the hallmarks of a short somewhere, but I can't find it.
Maybe someone could also do a "quick" teardown of what the "protection circuits" are doing, The differential amplifier voltages all look ok.. Q506 collector voltage was at zero, and once removed the B+ that was on the bases of Q510 & Q511 became -ve
Blown fuses, Dim bulb tester lights up on applying power
1) Removed MOSFETS Q512, Q513, Q612, Q613. Q512, Q513 were bad.
2) Checked voltages on both channels, all appeared to be good (B+ 34.5V, B- 35V)
3) Replaced all MOSFETS, dim Bulb Tester lit up :-(
4) Removed Q512, Q513 - Amplifier powers up, but Voltage at 1 was 33V, @2 was 7.3V (Base of Q510 & Q511)
5) Removed Q510, Q511 both tested ok, same voltages at same points (In Hindsight don't know why I removed them,
its the voltage going into them that is stressing them out.
6) Removed Q509, tested ok, voltages the same.
so now into the SMD area.
Voltages in RED before removing Q506 - it was showing zero on its collector
Then blow me all the voltages went to B-,
So I'm pretty stuck now, I have an esr tester, and thought C505 might be a problem, since its ESR is 0.12,
but tests ok when removed, albeit still low ESR and -ve voltages still present at Collector Q506 and at points 1 & 2
It could be Q508, but not shorted.