Deadly repair.. hamon crodan

[roughshawd]

Ok first time for everything. fixed the bulging main caps, and put it back together...
Bang goes the fuse... what did I do?

 

[Delta Prime]

fixed the bulging main caps,

How did you fix the bulge in the capacitor since you give us no details that’s all I got to work with…

 

[Martaine2005]

what did I do?

You fixed the bulging main caps.

 

[Martaine2005]

On a serious note, I trust you replaced the capacitors for the same values?.
In that case, there clearly was other issues.
Check the bridge rectifier and X2 filter capacitor for shorts first.
And obviously the mains cable.
Then come back with PROPER information.
Don’t make us pry it from you!

 

[AnalogKid]

Confirm that the capacitors are installed with the correct polarity.

Next suspect - diodes. Shorted output transistors would blow the fuse without damaging the filter caps. A bulging cap means heat, and that means current *through the cap*, not somewhere else. In normal operation, a power supply filter cap spends less that 20% of an input AC cycle conducting current from the mains. With a shorted rectifier diode that can go to 100%.

How many main power supply filter caps are there - 1 or 2?

ak

 

[Minder]

Deadly repair.. hamon crodan​

Is that a Harmon-Kardon knock-off

 

[Delta Prime]

Deadly repair.. hamon crodan

Can you receive the Darwin award for attempting such a repair?

 

[Harald Kapp]

Can you receive the Darwin award for attempting such a repair?

Only if you don't survice, which is, I strongly hope, not the case here. So no award, fortunately.