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Wonky Crate G40-C

Started by jcgss77, October 10, 2010, 09:46:13 PM

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jcgss77

Hello all!  I have a Crate G40-C that has some issues.  Here is the schemo:





Sorry about the bad pics, but they are the only ones I could find, and they are pretty fuzzy, it is hard to make out component values.  

This is a 2 speaker amp.  The problem is, when I hook up the working leads, everything is fine for that speaker.  When I hook up the second set with the working set, it makes a high pitched screech that gets exponentially louder the longer it is left on.  When I hook up the bad side by itself, there is nothing, not even static or hum.  The advice I have so far is resolder all the joints, due to the infamous wave-soldering Crate use at the time of this amp.

My questions:  does anyone know what this problem is?  If not, my second question is can I safely bridge the 2 outputs to get the full power of the amp, and how do I do this?  Thank you for any help.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the speaker load is 4 ohms.