Powerpac 120 got hot and shut down

dukeofearl

Powerpac 120 got hot and shut down
« on: 3 Apr 2026, 11:10 am »
Hi all , I have a Bryston powerpac 120 which powers my pmc center channel speaker , I was watching a film last night and noticed it had shut down , It was very hot to touch so I assume a thermal shutdown , I opened it up this morning , it looks quite clean inside , there is 2.5mv dc on the speaker outputs .
I measured the voltage across the .22 Ω emitter  resistors , see photos , I also had a look with the thermal camera and found a hot resistor at 129° C there are a couple of transistors near which are around 75° ,these temps were with no input .
Would this be causing the shutdown issue , It did power up and work again and has been running ok since  .
I would like to repair this and any pointers would be appreciated .




These are the resistors which are getting hot .




« Last Edit: 3 Apr 2026, 12:33 pm by dukeofearl »

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Re: Powerpac 120 got hot and shut down
« Reply #1 on: 4 Apr 2026, 01:39 pm »
Hi duke - email Mike - [email protected]

dukeofearl

Re: Powerpac 120 got hot and shut down
« Reply #2 on: 5 Apr 2026, 09:24 am »
Ok thanks,