Avalon 737sp burned resistors

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rajuz said:
Now I have replaced these four transistors but it still burns r18 when power is switched on.  Please help what to do next..

Transistors .....

See Pucho advise

pucho812 said:
On circuit card # 5600-7372 The value of r18 is 3r48.

Check q8 for failure as well it should be a bd139. Also check q5,q6,q7 as well.
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Yes, that's excatly what I did. Replaced q5,q6,q7, q8 and r18. I just checked these removed transistors with multimeter and they were ok.
 
rajuz said:
Yes, that's excatly what I did. Replaced q5,q6,q7, q8 and r18. I just checked these removed transistors with multimeter and they were ok.

Check all the other resistors in that circuit to see if any of them is open.
Maybe some  other resistor is shot but cant be seen from the outside
 
rajuz said:
Now I have replaced these four transistors but it still burns r18 when power is switched on.  Please help what to do next..

I never said to replace the transistors. Why replace a perfectly good/working transistor.  Check/test those.  You may also look into q12.  I don't have schematics on hand but it also is tied to r18  in path...    If you are not familiar with how to test transistors,  Better get a handle on that before continuing.  replacing parts  that are not a failed part is a waste of money.

The circuit is not as complicated as  it seems, like any circuit it's a little harder when you do not have a schematic but even still can work it out without the power on.  Burning resistors is all due to current draw, something has shorted out or has gone highΩ causing r18 to go.  If you really want to see where r18 connects to, use a continuity meter and test continuity on all the traces. That can be done with the power off. In fact  test the card out of circuit passively, same goes for transistors, resistors, and caps.



 
I found the problem, it was capacitor c13. I replaced it and now my avalon is working again :).
By the way, these resistors r18 and r19 are not 3r48 in my device. For some reason they are 10 ohms. There may be different versions of these boards.
There is still one thing that makes me a little worried. The phantom power is quite high, it is 52,9 volts measured in the end  of the microphone cable.
Many thanks for help!
 
rajuz said:
I found the problem, it was capacitor c13. I replaced it and now my avalon is working again :).
By the way, these resistors r18 and r19 are not 3r48 in my device. For some reason they are 10 ohms. There may be different versions of these boards.
There is still one thing that makes me a little worried. The phantom power is quite high, it is 52,9 volts measured in the end  of the microphone cable.
Many thanks for help!

Yes in older revs they are 10K... the 3.48 was a revision  but I forget when it was implemented...  as cj says your 52 volts is o.k. without a mic, when I mic is connected using phantom it will drop.

If the resistor fries,  replacing it is the last step,  making sure other components are working is first. I'll have to go back and check schematics as to c13 and it's location in the mix...  off the top of my head it is an electro in parallel on the path running to ground 100uF at 50V. But I could be wrong...  so don't quote me yet...
 
Apache5 said:
that would be fantastic!!!  :D  if it could be.
If you dont have a camera I only need the value or color codes of the 4 burned resistors really, R49, R37, R19 and R18...

Thanks!

Arnau
R1819=3.31 ohms  R20 R32=22.1ohms
 

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