Craig Sawyers Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 If it is white grease it is basically thermally conductive oxides in silicone grease. Providing it is still paste-like and not really thick and goopy you should be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 As long as it doesn't have any Beryllium Oxide it's safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium_oxide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 I have always believed that this grease contains in most cases aluminum oxide. So it can be conductive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoaMat Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxide 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks Joachin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 thermal grease lasts forever. I have a jar with original Newark part number on it, and its 50 years old. Still good. the stuff contains aluminum oxide or silicon oxide, or various other compounds in silicone and for voltages less than about 2.5kv its an insulator. Although it can have more capacitance than you might think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks for the input, seems to have done the trick for replacement but still tracking down the issue/s in one channel.also I smelled something funny while troubleshooting and it turns out the 100k feedback burned up somehowSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Getting some weird behavior under load, the rails measure fine until I hook them up to a channel, then everything sags...also the led "diagnostics" seem to have spread to the both sides which makes me think the power supply might be acting up in general. PS Anyone have a set of original boards for the T2? Trying to build up some insurance in case I fuck something up reworking the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Sounds like current limiting in the power supply if only one side is powered up at a time and it powers up normally - 30r resistor to 25r or 20r will fix that. What happened though to cause you to start replacing parts in the amp section first - there may be something else afoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 I guess it's easier to recount the trail of events: Swirling/Static in left channel, left channel goes out mid-use (happened before in a channel years ago, ended up having to replace a k216 somewhere after checking some of the behavior near the power rails). At this point I was able to power up both channels and only the left one wasn't functioning properly. Right channel was fine throughout this time - rails weren't acting up etc. While powering on (only) the faulty left channel afterward I saw something spark near the output CCS and take out the stacked LED's Left it alone for a few days, tried out the right channel just to verify that it was still working so I could compare voltages etc. Problem as stated in the previous post - rails all measured like the limiting kicked in I do think I've messed with the current limiting at one point, but my recollection is kind of fuzzy - I was actually going to search through this thread because I feel like I've encountered it before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 So you only have one properly working side then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 neither channel works atmSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Ooof - then it sounds like you have some work ahead of you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) Start with the right channel and check all of the test point voltages. Also, what are the voltages for each rail. Edited May 6, 2019 by Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Yeah I started doing that, but I got spooked when I saw one of the tubes start red plating and flashing. I switched to a cheaper tube and the heater/cathode was still flashing similarly in the same spot. I'll tackle it when I have some more free time this week. Thanks for the help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laowei Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 16 hours ago, nopants said: Yeah I started doing that, but I got spooked when I saw one of the tubes start red plating and flashing. I switched to a cheaper tube and the heater/cathode was still flashing similarly in the same spot. I'll tackle it when I have some more free time this week. Thanks for the help guys What tubes? JJ 6CA7 and KT77 tubes have problems in the DIY T2 circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 XF2s and EH's. Was only one tube socket but I panicked pretty hard haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) Santa came much earlier this year!!! Thank you so much, Kerr.. I mean, Santa! ? Edited May 17, 2019 by Hugo 14 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoaMat Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Wow magnificent! Nascent Audio? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 looks like Kerry's build Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yeah, Nascent Audio is me. Thanks Hugo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Wow. That is one damn good looking chassis! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinsettawong Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 So beautiful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwmclean Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 So Epic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helium Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Beautiful! Kerry, how did you treat the chassis to achieve polished surface? Seems to be steel, not aluminum? Is is mechanically polished or galvanized? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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