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Solid State Amplifiers => Amplifier Discussion => Topic started by: jcgss77 on October 10, 2010, 09:46:13 PM
Hello all! I have a Crate G40-C that has some issues. Here is the schemo:
(http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/jcgss77/g40cP2.jpg)
(http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/jcgss77/g40cP1.jpg)
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.