Help...Need a Schematic!

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JakeJ

Help...Need a Schematic!
« on: 2 Oct 2009, 12:46 pm »
Hi fellow lab rats,

I just acquired a Melos MA333R Reference preamp and it may have had too rough a trip from Florida.  It worked OK for a couple of days then lost the heater circuit for the left channel tubes.

If you have or know of a resource for a schematic it would be of great help.  :thumb:

TIA,
JakeJ

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Re: Help...Need a Schematic!
« Reply #1 on: 6 Oct 2009, 11:40 pm »
Can't help w/ a schematic. Seems they're in short supply for some items...

But...try tracing the filament wires with a DMM. Start directly from a filament pin on a tube and go as far as you can.

acwd1950

Re: Help...Need a Schematic!
« Reply #2 on: 7 Oct 2009, 01:19 am »
I first must say that Im not a expert on tube equipment or the preamp you are having problems with but I do play with them so... I will make a few suggestion. Try taking the tubes from the right side and putting them in the left side and vise versa and see what it does. Maybe the heaters are hooked in series and one of the the heaters in one of the tubes went bad( is that possible? Maybe?) Just some things that came to mind. HTH

Steve
 

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Re: Help...Need a Schematic!
« Reply #3 on: 7 Oct 2009, 03:24 am »
Next up just follow each wire in the power supply to check each of it's connection.  Sometimes it is just a wire that has come loose or a dodgy solder connection.  The best way is to look over it in sunshine rather than under a light inside your home, a cheap magnifying glass can be helpful as well.

One thing to make sure of is that you have left enough time to ensure any residual charge in the caps has had time to reduce to nothing.  If you have not got a DMM yet, then get one and use the voltage range just to check there are no charges left behind before poking any fingers into the works.  Tube amps work on high voltages so ensure you stick to these basic safety precautions.  You can pick up a basic DMM for around $10 these days that work well enough for such basic checks.

Bluesky

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Re: Help...Need a Schematic!
« Reply #4 on: 22 Nov 2009, 02:08 am »
Did you get the amp fix and what was the problem? Curious mind wants to know?!? 

Steve