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Hey,

I've got a Carver PM 950 Power Amp and a bolt on one of the capacitors (I think) has come loose. I've gotten the bolt out and the unit powers up fine. Does this need immediate attention or can I still play with this? I've included a picture. Clearly, it's in a very tricky spot to screw back in. I was going to try running my old EV boxes for tops so I can go ahead and sell my SRM 450's to fund my Otop 12's. I'm so tired of running damn power and audio cables to those things...very cluttery!

Thanks!

Donny

Oh yes, put it back in before you use the amp again...just be careful in doing so...the caps may still have a charge on them

camrynekai wrote:Oh yes, put it back in before you use the amp again...just be careful in doing so...the caps may still have a charge on them

Yes...I've discovered that...and they did!

camrynekai wrote:Oh yes, put it back in before you use the amp again...just be careful in doing so...the caps may still have a charge on them

DOH!
...well next time discharge those caps into a resistor or by shorting the + to - , or the + to the chassis.. use a value of somewhere between 10K and 100K. The larger the value of the resistor, the longer it will take to discharge the caps, and the less of a spark youll see. As the handy chart below shows you the relationship between rc value, charge and discharge time.