SX-780 - Counterfeit Darlingtons?

trying to get to bottom of this as i understand it you tried removing power from each module but only by disconnecting both allows the relay to click ?
 
yes, when power is disconnected from BOTH new modules (orange and red wires), speaker relay clicks, and I have sound via headphones, although distorted.
 
petehall347 said:
why is it not good to run without a module in circuit ? i never considered this as a problem . am always learning .
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clk1981 said:
yes, when power is disconnected from BOTH new modules (orange and red wires), speaker relay clicks, and I have sound via headphones, although distorted.
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When you remove the outputs, the circuit "floats' and you cant troubleshoot it correctly. If you add a 1k from the input of the stk to the output, then you can trouble shoot the rest of the circuit.
Relay works with no STK because there is no signal into the protection circuit, so no problems seen.
pins 0 and 1 are inputs 8 and 3 are corresponding outputs - so to test rest of circuit, add 1K resistor between 0and 8, and between 1 and 3.
 
i would suspect both are bad. even with my known bad resistors and stuff, with the one bad darlington removed, the relay clicked.i thought i was home free. my relay still clicked with new darlington in place, but no sound out of left channel and skewed voltages still.
 
I am not 100% sure it is the STK darlingtons, but chances are, they are the problem. This is exactly why I designed the replacement module so that you know with a high degree of confidence that you should be able to fix the power amps in a sx-780 for the life of the unit.
So I suggest that you make some up and take the guess work and frustration out of the repair.
 
rcs16 said:
I am not 100% sure it is the STK darlingtons, but chances are, they are the problem. This is exactly why I designed the replacement module so that you know with a high degree of confidence that you should be able to fix the power amps in a sx-780 for the life of the unit.
So I suggest that you make some up and take the guess work and frustration out of the repair.
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You make replacement modules? Do you have any for sale?
 
turns out my ebay module was either doa or got killed because of faulty emitter resistors. swapped out a few resistors in the bad channel along with the .22ohm resistors and still no click when new darlington is installed. swapped the good channel darlington into the bad channel and it works fine now. i need to find a source for some good darlingtons
 
At this time, know one (me at least) is actually going to make them up and sell them since know one (people in need) seem to want to pay what it costs for someone to do it for them. So you have a few options.
1) ask Zeb or someone else (tsd71?) to sell you pcbs, AL plates and you have to order the parts from Mouser/ or Digi-key etc and solder/assemble them yourself
2) order your own pcb's,parts, make up Al plates, assemble them yourself.
3) Some kind person takes it upon themselves to do it all for you
 
Thanks for the info. I can probably handle the assembly and making some AL plates. I will do some more research and get a parts list together.
 
mxthunder said:
turns out my ebay module was either doa or got killed because of faulty emitter resistors. swapped out a few resistors in the bad channel along with the .22ohm resistors and still no click when new darlington is installed. swapped the good channel darlington into the bad channel and it works fine now. i need to find a source for some good darlingtons
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There is no source for "good darlingtons" unless you find an audio shop that closed 15 years ago with a surplus of modules, I got lucky and bought all of them for $10 but they are all gone now so I'm building my own with the help of the rcs16 replacements. A little work goes a long long way.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/in...050-replacement-for-sx-780-and-others.721181/

Zeb has the direct contact with all the information on the boards to China, contact him, I'm gonna need some boards too soon so the more he orders the less the price should be.
They are definitely high quality boards.
 
Hi tsd71,

You can order your own pcb's from pcbway. If you know Zeb's order number then they can reference it so you do not need to send the data. Either that or simply just send them the zip file that includes the fab data. I gave instructions in an earlier post.
 
Small update.... got a refund for the first darlington that was bad. took a chance on a set of 2 more off ebay. ohmed them out before installation, they checked out. threw em in, and whala. shes back in business. if they last 2 years, ill be happy. i cannot justify spending $300 to get it repaired right now. DC offset is in order and I think I am good to go knock on wood.

 
New original Darlingtons have not been available in quite some time, and will not be. You have to use what is available, and that is 3rd party knockoffs. The other alternative is to run a broken receiver as is. The knockoffs are not all junk, and there is one supposed reputable source in Georgia.
 
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