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Guy Morris

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Klark Teknik Square One GEQ Issue
« on: May 13, 2020, 03:47:22 PM »

Hi, With a lot of spare time recently I have been going through all the racks that are stored and in some cases not used often. One is an outboard for the Midas Verona set up and contains 4 of the KT Square one graphics. These were bought a few years back on the strength of the rave reviews about their quality and build......Their first major outing was at the IOW festival where 2 of the 4 failed, at the time we thought it was due to a generator issue giving over voltage (nothing else got affected) the problem was they kept powering off then back on again and eventually just stayed off. They were sent back to KT for repair and returned working with no full explanation but a reference to the PSU and a £250.00 bill!
The units have not really had much use with the arrival of digital but I decided that they would benefit from a power cycle. All went well and the 4 units powered up then I noticed one had gone off after an hour and would not power back up, after 4 hours a second unit failed but this time if you switched it off for 5 minutes then back on it would work for 15 minutes and switch off.  I timed it 6 times and it was the same. I opened up the units and there is no sign of burn or blown fuses (one at the plug inlet and one inside) all clean and no rust etc just like new! Now the big news at the time with these units was their universal power supply and I'm wondering if there is a component problem in that section, so apologies for the long explanation and now to get to the point ..has anybody experienced these units and had the same problem or have a possible theory I can explore further. Thanks
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Re: Klark Teknik Square One GEQ Issue
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2020, 06:39:14 PM »

Sounds like something is getting hot and shutting off. Check that there are no semiconductor devices that should be heatsinked but aren't. Something like a three terminal regulator that should be screwed to a heatsink or chassis.

... it would work for 15 minutes and switch off.  I timed it 6 times and it was the same....

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Re: Klark Teknik Square One GEQ Issue
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2020, 07:07:52 PM »

Sounds like something is getting hot and shutting off. Check that there are no semiconductor devices that should be heatsinked but aren't. Something like a three terminal regulator that should be screwed to a heatsink or chassis.
+1, or could be capacitors going bad. If you can see inside the power supply, look for capacitors that have rounded or bulging tops...or post a pic or two. Be careful, switching power supplies have potentially LETHAL voltages inside.
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Re: Klark Teknik Square One GEQ Issue
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2020, 07:42:30 AM »

Sounds like something is getting hot and shutting off. Check that there are no semiconductor devices that should be heatsinked but aren't. Something like a three terminal regulator that should be screwed to a heatsink or chassis.

Yes that sounds quite probable I'm wondering if I got a batch with a design fault that may have been changed maybe I will open up the working units now and do an A/B comparison on the PSU to see if anything is added since repair. Caps as suggested by Ike look ok but will cautiously check!
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