8080db recap has hum

ranukic

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hey,

I replaced all of the board electrolytic capacitors, fixed the R33&R34 resistors for the protection circuit, found a bad transistor and fuse on the main power board and a couple other fuses throuhgout that I replaced. After all of this work and trouble shooting there is hum in the transformer that is resinating through to the speakers. At first I thought it was bad filter caps but when i scoped their and also checked the AC voltage at each cap I found it to be less than 0.89VAC which should be acceptable...

The only time the low harmonic ham changes is if i press the mute button, adjust the tones and turn the volume up so the music drowns it out. When the mute is pressed the sound completely is eliminated.

I took the jumpers off the amp out to in, hooked up a bluetooth device to the in and there was no hum. I do not recall if the transformer also stopped humming but I can check that again tomorrow.

The sound reminds me of the sound cheap rca cables make when hooking a phono to an amp but with just a little more buzz.

I am not convinced the problem is the transformer itself, i think there is a load causing the hum. Any suggestions on where the issue may be hiding?

Thanks, James
 
In my experience the transformer buzzes and resonates a little when it's power hungry, such as when you fire the unit up on a DBT. If it stops doing it when the amp is disconnected from the tone control, like when you pull out the jumpers, it is possible there's a short in the pre-amp/tone control section which is drawing current. See if you did not, by chance, install a capacitor with a wrong polarity or another component (resistor?) with a wrong value. R33 & R34 are located on the driver amp (F2624), not the protection board (F2657) and it would help if you specify what transistor you replaced where and to verify it's pin out is correct.

Did you manage to bias the unit and adjust DC offset? What's the DC offset showing at speaker terminals with/without the main-in/pre-out jumpers?
 
I found it to be less than 0.89VAC which should be acceptable...
Actually I think that sounds like rather a lot for ripple caused by the receiver simply idling. New main PSU smoothing capacitors or originals in good condition should yield ~50-100mV of ripple in my experience. Judging by your comments, and the analysis in Tom's post, it would suggest that something is definitely not right.
 
Thanks tnsilver,

Correct R33&R34 are on F-2624 but they were outside of range so I replaced them with 200R 1/2W and by doing so the green power light started to work. The green power light was originally not coming on after protection mode was switched off.

On F-2656 TR04 was not working so I replaced it with NTE289A. Also R06 was burnt up and outside of range so I replaced it with 1K 1/2W.

I just checked the bias and the DC at the speaker terminal I adjusted to where it bounced around zero. However when I tried to adjust the mA I am not able to achieve above 6.78 mA on right and 5.80 mA on left.

After those readings I double checked F-2624 against the readings in the schematic and everything was very close.

Any ideas?

I will remove the tone board from the circuit next to see if that eliminates the hum.

Thanks, James
 
DC offset close to zero is very good but bias sure looks like a problem. You may want to replace diodes D05/D06 (red dotted VD1212) each with two 1N4148 rectifier diodes in series, see if that helps biasing... The semi-open trimpots often loose it too, so replacing them is probably a good thing, but the bias limit looks too consistent to be trimmer related in this case. IIRC R33 & R34 on F-2624 are 180Ω so I'm not sure how 200Ω resistors will affect the driver amp, if at all, but why risk it?

You call it "hum", which is generally a low (mains) frequency disturbance, typically associated with grounding. All grounding with the 9090DB is in one of the corners of the power supply PCB and it may be a good idea to tighten the screw that channels the multiple groundings (via a load of black leads) to the chassis. I have, on the other hand, referred to a "buzz" issue which is a higher frequency disturbance and in case of the transformer sounds like rattling. Just sayin... to make sure we're on the same page.

TR04 on F2656 is 2SC1211 and according to this, has EBC pinout (which is weird b/c the SM demonstrates ECB pinout). Our best Sansui transistor substitution thread recommends a KSC2383 instead of the 2SC1211 and it appears to have a pinout consistent with the Sansui SM. I'm not saying the NTE289A has the wrong pinout, as it could easily be the wrong datasheet that I've referred to, or the wrong Sansui SM marking, but definitely worth looking into.
 
Tnsilver,

I set my meter to diode check and both D05/06 show open in one direction and a good reading in the other. Do you still recommend these getting replaced?

I did bypass the tone board F-2544 and the hum went completely away. So I am going to pull the board out and check everything over again.

The hum that I am referring to reminds me of the sound made when connecting/disconnecting a turntable while the amp is on and in phono.

I appreciate the help.

Thanks, James
 
Before you pull and disconnect the tone board see if any of the caps are getting hot (a sign they are leaky or installed backwards). Usually you can pull the board and flip it over without disconnecting the wired. Just make sure to put a rag or other insulator under itto keep from shorting out connections. And also check to see if any black ground wires boke from this board, or others near it.
Also double check TR04 as TNSilver suggested. That supports the +38v used on the tone board. And double check any cap replacements on that main power supply board. I think I found a mismarked board for capacitor polarity on one of them once. If you replaced the caps for the +38v supply, make sure they are in the right way. Verify according to the schematic rather than board markings.
 
Thanks,

TR04 is correct, before I replaced it the tone board was only receiving half the voltage it was asking for. The audio traveling through the tone board was getting clipped.

Not sure what happened but since I left earlier and came back the stereo now won’t come out of protection mode. I didn’t get a chance to make any changes so I am confused. I will start pulling signals again tomorrow.

Thanks for the help, James
 
Alright I am getting back to this unit...

I have the Tuner section completely removed from the amp at this point trying to isolate the source of the sound. The electrolytic caps (accept the filters) have been replaced. It doesn't sound like a filter cap issue but maybe.?

I replaced the known faulty components on the F-2624 board and the unit is out of protection mode. That's the good news. The bad news is that the pesky buzz is in the amp on all channels with zero volume. The buzz is not audible with music coming through the amp. I have checked the ground screw on F-2656 and that appears ok. I pulled the pre-amp to amp jumpers and the sound goes away. I pulled the D plug holding points 8, 13, 13, 7 from board F-2653 and the sound remains. I have tried to track the disturbance with my scope but I am going in circles.

I had a friend bring over his F-2646 from his 9090db and put it into the 8080db but the sound remains.

I thought it may have been the tone board but the numbers are darn close to the schematic where voltage readings are provided.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
Hi, could you see before passing through the relay, what voltage comes from the wires that are respective + Left and + Right speaker?
the one you heard was in the 2 channels? and if possible, would it be possible to take out the pre-out-power-in bridge (back panel) and pre-connect an amplifier?
 
I had a hum issue, post recap which probably made it more noticeable, this was a Marantz 1060. I found the source of the hum by using a typical carbon grey leaded pencil. I plugged in my headphones, upped the volume with on Aux ( no source) and dangled the pencil round the amp until the inductance was traced to a wire from the transformer, which I then shielded...obviously the carbon amplified noise..
Hope it helps in your circumstance.
 
Hello Halisson,

I believe you are asking for the voltage readings at pin 1&2 from F-2657. If so pin 1 had +26 to 30mV pin 2 has -0.9 to +1.9mV.

I hooked up a second amp and fed that into the 8080db the buzz is not there.

Hi AnalogueBen,

I did not find anything that jumped out at me using the pencil suggestion. I am going to hook up the output to my scope and try again. The buzz is just too much on my ears.

Thank you,

James
 
Is the hum coming through the speakers or from the chassis area? Also, if you have removed the tuner tray there is no power to the Dolby board so the audio signal stops there. You may be able to isolate it more by unplugging the output leads from the transformer one at a time.

- Pete
 
Hi Pete,

Not sure if I have a breakthrough but I had been so focused on the audio I overlooked the power to the boards. I was again trying the pencil trick with my scope plugged in to the left channel. when I shut down the amp for a moment I noticed a faint signal on my scope. I unplugged the amp and it went away. Small leakage from the transformer. I wasn’t sure if this was normal but I compared it with my friends 9090db and the same occurs. Moments before shutting down the amp I noticed the signal was affected by adjustments made to the dials on the tone board. This means the source is upstream of this board. I moved my probe to the power supplied to the tone board and it’s fuzzy!!! Followed the wire back and it goes to the mic board. The power supplied to the mic board appears clean. So I am going to check the components on the mic board. Cross your fingers
 
Well the mic board wasn’t the source of the interference so I went back to the power supply and found TR01 bad. I will have to order in a new transistor and see where that leaves things. Could this transistor be the source of my problem?

Thanks,
James
 
Well the mic board wasn’t the source of the interference so I went back to the power supply and found TR01 bad. I will have to order in a new transistor and see where that leaves things. Could this transistor be the source of my problem?

TR01 is the 53V rail supply. If the supplies are not right little else will be. In what sense is it "bad"?
 
Hey DougBrewster,
I removed it from the board then diode tested it and it reads in all directions. So I would say it’s shorted out completely.

Thanks,
James
 
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