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VII. Known issues
The Passion 1000 amplifier is not protected against output shorts and irremediable
damage will be caused if speakers outputs are shorted (through speaker cable from
example).
Do not connect the Passion 1000 amplifier to a preamplifier that outputs some
significant DC component. Be sure to always power on your Passion 1000 amplifier
after having powered up your preamplifier. To switch off your system, please proceed
in the opposite order.
a. Burnt output devices :
While amplifier turned off, please measure with a Multimeter in diode mode the
value at the speaker output, between the RED terminal and the ground (black
terminal). The measured value should be stable and comprised between approx 500
and 900.
If the value is not stable, then one or more output transistor need to be changed.
To determine which transistor need to be changed, you need to :
1. remove T7, T9 and T10
2. test T7, T9 and T10 (no short between C and E pins)
3. for each power transistor,
a. disconnect it’s associated 0.56R emitter resistor
b. remove it’s mounting collector screw
c. test the continuity between its 3 electrodes, none should be in short
circuit
d. if there is a short circuit, replace the transistor
e. reconnect the resistor and remount the screws of the transistor
4. if T7 and/or T9, and/or T10 are damaged, please replace them
5. you may also need to change R11 = 110R
6. with a multimeter in diode position, test again the value between the speaker
output and the ground. Now it should be stable.
7. Peform a new bias setting. Correct value is around 10mV measured between a
pair of 0.56R resistor.