No, I’d bet something happened. A mod gone wrong, there is something missing. Anyway, I think it could be universally agreed that type of outcome is significantly unlikely in any normal scenario. Some other poster suggested rectifiers, there is something very abnormal with the power, it's along those lines, I'd put money on your amp being fine until you want another brand/type..
life span/failure rate of filter capacitors?
(And I assume that the filter caps are the large electrolytic caps with the screw in terminals?)
The reason I am inquiring about this subject is that I stumbled on to an older thread started by someone who had a "filter cap explode" inside his 20 year old Cary V-12 monoblock. (Which is basically what I have, only mine is a single stereo amp.)
Anyway, I do know the specs on those large caps with the screw in terminals which I am thinking are aka filter caps are 560uf 400v.
Do these normally give any kind of warning before they let go? It does occasionally blow the 3A SB AC power fuse on start up.
TIA for any information/advice on this subject.
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@rickysnit , I am hoping you are right; I’d like this amp to outlast me. I did DM the OP of that thread, and he told me that Cary did get it serviceable and I am going to paraphrase, but he said that Cary gave him the impression that a smaller cap caused the power cap to fail. Electrical & electronics is a weak subject for me; I only know how to solder & desolder & remove & replace & read a MM, so I have no idea if that makes sense or not.
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@rickysnit , I suppose that anything is possible, but if you go through that thread you will note that the OP had photos (from a shared photo site that are no longer available) of the inside of his amp, and other members of A'gon did comment on those photos. So if this was a made up story, the OP certainly went to what I would consider extreme lengths to do so. |
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