Exact Power EP 15A - repaired


These haven't been in production for some years now... so there was some considerable panic when mine started producing a rather loud buzzing noise. Luckily I found someone at the company that was working there when these were being manufactured. The newer employees didn't have a clue what I was going on about. Carl told me that there's a very specific testing procedure, as this usually identifies the issue... otherwise you may be purchasing the wrong parts and still have the same problem. He emailed me the information and I now have it available, or you can call the company and request it from Carl. With this information it only took two hours and inexpensive parts (Bias caps) to get it up and running again. The first person I took it to wanted to replace all of the capacitors$$$.

I was also told that George Meyer-av.com works on these, but if you have the testing information, any audio repair person should be able to fix it.
andera

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12V Bias Capacitor check.

 

 

The 12V bias caps (MAL202136101E3) are the only components on the back of the control board. (Pic 1).

To test the Caps; attach your scope probes to the 12V test points (Pic 2), and set your scope to DC coupling 2Vdc divider, 10ms time divider.

When you turn the unit on (Not loaded) there should be very little to no AC (Pic 4).

If there is a negative going voltage (larger than 1V) like in Pic 3, then the caps need to be replaced (all 8 of them).

I have posted images at Canuck Audio Mart...https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=54287http://