This is a continuation (sort of) of a thread I started in Solid State around 2 years ago. I'm beginning to get to the point of really starting work on it, though I want to finish up a SA-8500II I'm working on. That's now delayed due to needing insulator material for a "batwing" output transistor that I found with paper as a substitute.
I wanted a mini project to do, so I made a modded relay as developed in this thread by Leesonic. I was going to test the amp with the new relay, but when I opened it up, I discovered that I had previously desoldered all the outputs and drivers for testing (I'd forgotten I had done that). I don't really want to solder them all back in just to have to desolder and redo the heatsink grease, so further testing will be put on hold til I get this thing cleaned. I'm thinking that the Deep Clean Your Amp sticky might come in handy for this one. Other than possibly removing the transformer, should I also label and remove the Sankens and drivers? Any other hints/tips/cleaners to avoid?
So, here's some photos of my Ugly Betty M1 and the new relay.
New relay
I wanted a mini project to do, so I made a modded relay as developed in this thread by Leesonic. I was going to test the amp with the new relay, but when I opened it up, I discovered that I had previously desoldered all the outputs and drivers for testing (I'd forgotten I had done that). I don't really want to solder them all back in just to have to desolder and redo the heatsink grease, so further testing will be put on hold til I get this thing cleaned. I'm thinking that the Deep Clean Your Amp sticky might come in handy for this one. Other than possibly removing the transformer, should I also label and remove the Sankens and drivers? Any other hints/tips/cleaners to avoid?
So, here's some photos of my Ugly Betty M1 and the new relay.
New relay