The Fuses Keep Blowing! - A Really Nice Bryston 4B NRB Power Amplifier Repair [Video 30]

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • Greetings everyone!
    Today, we have a really nice Bryston 4B NRB power amplifier that came in for repair. The problem with this power amplifier was with one of the channels, as the mains fuse kept blowing up on the customer. After some investigation, we find the source of the problem and bring back this dinosaur to life. The customer was happy with the outcome of this repair!
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    Catch you on the next one,
    Leonardo

КОМЕНТАРІ • 14

  • @rickysnit2163
    @rickysnit2163 5 місяців тому +1

    Well, dude, 8:14, the remaining insulators are stuck to the chassis... And interesting, I was told for the 4B bias target was 12mV, and take an average over the two sets of test points; therefore if one was 11mV, the other 13mV, it's good - the amp does get fairly warm at this setting though.

  • @Tinybench
    @Tinybench Рік тому +2

    Hello teammate!
    3AG is the fuse type
    3AG - 7 means a 3AG type fuse with a 7 amp rating!
    The 250 V is the is voltage rating not the unit.
    mica insulators and thermal paste transfer heat better than silicone thermal pads.
    Keep up the good work!
    🙂🙏

    • @Mr.ElectroniCET
      @Mr.ElectroniCET  11 місяців тому +1

      Yea, I figured. Apologies if I had said the reverse thing. I did mean to say that it was a 7 AMP 250V fuse. Also, I used the silicone thermal pads since it was what I had. I did put some good quality thermal paste with the pads.
      Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

  • @MichaelBeeny
    @MichaelBeeny Рік тому +5

    Please invest in a tripod.

    • @Mr.ElectroniCET
      @Mr.ElectroniCET  Рік тому

      Thank you for the feedback and also thank you for being polite about it. I received too many very rude comments (and took them down) about my lack of video "quality". I'm doing my best trying to manage this. This is a one-man show, and there is alot going on behind the scenes that my audience is not aware about (both good and bad things).
      Thanks for watching!

    • @MichaelBeeny
      @MichaelBeeny Рік тому +1

      We all have to start at some point, I look at some of my early videos and cringe somewhat. Personally, I cannot understand people being rude, it's not very helpful. I tend not to take rude comments down, luckily, I get very few. I let people judge if the comments are valid or not.
      I fully understand the effort it takes to produce videos for You Tube, the bloody tripod is ALWAYS in the way. My favorite trick is to forget to pin the mic back on and only notice it after 15 minuets filming. I find a 15 min video takes almost all day to film and edit. One or two of mine are almost quite good. lol@@Mr.ElectroniCET

  • @Foxtrot1967
    @Foxtrot1967 Рік тому +1

    Great video, my friend. You are very smart. Bryston makes some of the best amplifiers for the money plus 20 year guarantee. You're in good hands with Jesus watching over your workbench 😊

    • @Mr.ElectroniCET
      @Mr.ElectroniCET  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the kind words! I do like the quality of these power amplifiers. The almighty will always watch over what I am doing ;)
      Thanks for watching!

  • @Tekenduis98
    @Tekenduis98 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoy the channel, but please get a tripod for your phone, I can only watch for a short period before the camera movement messes with my eyes.

    • @Mr.ElectroniCET
      @Mr.ElectroniCET  Рік тому

      I will try my best but unfortunately, I'm not Linus Tech Tips, so that means that it will be coming out of my own pocket.
      Thanks for watching!

  • @n.shiina8798
    @n.shiina8798 Рік тому

    i remember repairing my 8B-ST, Bryston wanted $30 each for their "proprietary" transistors. i ended up buying MJ21193/94 pairs for much cheaper price. i prefer these devices than 1502x devices since their current gain is much more flatter across both NPN/PNP and collector current

    • @Mr.ElectroniCET
      @Mr.ElectroniCET  Рік тому

      I'm still not sure what exact model of Motorola power transistors Bryston is using, but I don't think that they are anything too special. The ones I used in this guy are the Motorola MJ15022 and MJ15023 and seemed to work just fine.
      Thanks for watching!

    • @n.shiina8798
      @n.shiina8798 Рік тому

      @@Mr.ElectroniCET i have no idea too. proprietary numbers are hard to track unless someone put the originals into transistor tracer. from there we might be able to determine which transistor came the closest to those proprietary stuffs. they could be 15003/4 too

  • @LucasAVP
    @LucasAVP 4 місяці тому

    Electronics are working on smoke, if its left the component it doesn’t function any longer 😉