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DYNACO SCA80(Q)
C9 REPLACEMENT MANUAL
© 2019 AkitikA, LLC
All rights reserved
Revision 2p01
April 30, 2019
Page 1: ...Page 1 of 12 DYNACO SCA80 Q C9 REPLACEMENT MANUAL 2019 AkitikA LLC All rights reserved Revision 2p01 April 30 2019...
Page 2: ...Appendix 1 12 Wire Splicing Using Heat Shrink Tubing 12 Table of Figures Figure 1 Side and Back views showing location of cover retaining screws 4 Figure 2 Triple cap installed into the capacitor clam...
Page 3: ...helps if you 1 know a bit about electronics or 2 have a friend who knows a bit about electronics 3 can get to YouTube to watch a video about the assembly process not available at this time Tools You...
Page 4: ...ored all the previous advice they can dial 911 or get you to the hospital Section 2 Preliminaries Opening the Amplifier 1 Make sure the amplifier is unplugged If it was recently powered allow the amp...
Page 5: ...he wall socket 2 Turn the SCA80 Q power switch off 3 Allow one full minute for the capacitors to discharge Removing C9 1 Tag the wires connected to C9 with plus and minus labels before desoldering the...
Page 6: ...er the wires to the negative terminals 7 Form the remaining wire upward away from the caps You ll attach it to the amplifier ground connection in a later step 8 Prepare the Positive Wire Harness as fo...
Page 7: ...assembly as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Note the orientation of the capacitor assembly when installed into the amplifier Figure 6 Reconnecting the wires to the new C9 3 Reconnect the three positive wir...
Page 8: ...xtend it with a bit of the supplied red wire and use heat shrink tubing to cover the joint See Appendix 1 for details 4 Reconnect the ground wire Wire 4 in Figure 6 5 Inspect your work carefully Make...
Page 9: ...Page 9 of 12 Figure 7 Stock amplifier layout before C9 replacement...
Page 10: ...Page 10 of 12 Figure 8 Stock Amplifier with Dynamite Capacitor Configuration Installed...
Page 11: ...hould be somewhere in the range from 68 to 76 volts if everything is working correctly The nominal voltage is 72 Volts Safety First remember to unplug the amplifier and let the capacitors discharge be...
Page 12: ...nect and crimp the hooks 3 Solder the hook connection 4 Slide a 1 piece of heat shrink tubing over the connection centering the heat shrink tubing about the connection 5 Slide the tip of your solderin...
