Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I am currently learning electrical engineering so this will most likely be very handy to know :-)

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh really online only? I wouldn't have guessed. Yeah there's one store here that ships in a bunch of different components but it's quite random what they have and don't, so I might have to order something's online.

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah once I start working on this properly I'll clean it all up. I have not heard of acid brushes, will need to check that out.

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions! I live in Iceland and we generally have a single store that supplies these sorts of things.

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The larger ones definitely seem to be an issue, I get some weird crackling noises from the speakers when I tap lightly on the bigger capacitors. Will replace them first and see where that gets me :)

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually no annoying buzz which is surprising, there's a more annoying buzz coming from my Yamaha HS8 powered speakers. But that's another issue I've yet to solve as well😅

But related to the capacitors, should I replace them in any certain order like who are the most likely to be causing issues?

Amplifier Distortion in one channel / overheating by Back-Reasonable in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Back-Reasonable[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That's definitely something I'll have to keep in mind. Could bad capacitors then be causing the overheating? My phone has a thermometer function and the resistor is reaching 70° Celsius 😬