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Solid State Amplifiers => Amplifier Discussion => Topic started by: syndromet on October 03, 2006, 03:32:16 PM

Title: The nelson 6W miracle (?)
Post by: syndromet on October 03, 2006, 03:32:16 PM
I decided to do a little soldering again, and had a shot at this one:
http://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=77.0

I etched the pcb, wired it up, and no  sound at all. Only thing that happens is that the chip gets hot. Realy hot!! So I checked the pcb for shorts, checked the orientation of caps and chip and checked the PS. Same problem, so I checked it all again. I guess I have checked everything a thousand times now, and I still get nothing.

I was therefor wondering if anyone have built this, and if it worked. I've checked it against the datasheet, and it seems to be ok. Any idea what I can have done wrong?
Title: Re: The nelson 6W miracle (?)
Post by: Stompin_Tom on October 03, 2006, 04:06:09 PM
It doesn't seem as if anyone, including nelson, has built this yet... or they haven't reported back with the results... hopefully someone over at the other boards will know...

Not that I could figure out what's going on if you can't, but I can't actually read the project pdf... comes out all jumbled.. I suspect it's a mac thing.
Title: Re: The nelson 6W miracle (?)
Post by: joecool85 on October 03, 2006, 10:29:16 PM
PDF loads fine for me and I'm on a mac.  OS X 10.4.7

As far as the chip getting hot, sounds like a short to me, I would double check you don't have any stray solders or anything shorting it out.
Title: Re: The nelson 6W miracle (?)
Post by: yatinejkc on December 29, 2006, 02:08:06 AM
Even if it is heating up, could you just give us the PCB layout so that we can find what is wrong man...
Title: Re: The nelson 6W miracle (?)
Post by: syndromet on December 29, 2006, 03:25:37 AM
http://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=77.0
You'll find the PCB here. It seems to be ok, but I guess I installed the chip the wrong way or something. I'll give it another try when I get the hold of a new chip.