ProSoundWeb Community

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Dukane crossover circa 1969  (Read 2132 times)

Joseph D. Macry

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 425
  • Austin TX
Dukane crossover circa 1969
« on: August 12, 2015, 11:15:33 PM »

A school wants the Gym PA system relocated. Run across this crossover being fed by an old Dukane in-wall mixer/amp. The outputs feed two HF lines to biradial horns above and below one central woofer box. (Haven't gone up high yet to inspect it, will post pics here later.)

So I looked up the schematic on the Webs. The underside of this unit contains a resistive network used by the HF Attenuation Selector. The two plastic cubes contain transformers.

What the schematic does NOT show is that big 50-ohm resistor between HF-R and LF-R terminals. What the heck is that resistor doing there?
Logged
Joseph Macry,
Austin, TX

Ivan Beaver

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 9534
  • Atlanta GA
Re: Dukane crossover circa 1969
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2015, 09:11:53 AM »

That looks like a "add on" by somebody.

That DOES NOT mean it is correct or useful.

Maybe somebody had an idea but did it wrong.

I would take it off and wire it up as it should be.

HOWEVER I would replace the caps in the crossover.  Those old paper caps can "dry up" over time.

Get some new electrolytics or better yet some poly caps.

It won't cost very much.

ALSO note that the crossover freq is for a 25 ohm load.

If your load is not 25 ohms, then the crossover freq will the higher or lower.

Just something to consider
« Last Edit: August 15, 2015, 09:14:18 AM by Ivan Beaver »
Logged
A complex question is easily answered by a simple-easy to understand WRONG answer!

Ivan Beaver
Danley Sound Labs

PHYSICS- NOT FADS!

John Roberts {JR}

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 17176
  • Hickory, Mississippi, USA
    • Resotune
Re: Dukane crossover circa 1969
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2015, 09:29:01 AM »

Dust it off for the museum...

JR
Logged
Cancel the "cancel culture". Do not participate in mob hatred.

ProSoundWeb Community

Re: Dukane crossover circa 1969
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2015, 09:29:01 AM »


Pages: [1]   Go Up
 



Site Hosted By Ashdown Technologies, Inc.

Page created in 0.023 seconds with 25 queries.