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  1. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    I've not done anything to the power supply. When I got it originally, I had to replace the 10000 uf cap that feeds the unit but other than that, nothing. I did replace the regs inside the radio with TIP components. As I have better luck with them over the 1012, 827 or 1869's. I noted the voltage...
  2. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    Forgot to mention the zeners, yes sir they are in reverse 5.6. Once I took the 520's out and replaced them last night, 99% of my problems went away. One may have been grounded out, I'm not above making mistakes lol
  3. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    I used ceramic insulators. I've never had much problem with the L's. I've alway subbed them for the 520's. NEVER had luck with them, but it may be the batch. I've still got a bunch of the L's I bought from someone on cbtricks, forget the name. But as I said, I swapped the 520's back out for...
  4. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    Well with the 520's, I had the bias set at 3.50 on all three. The driver got hot any higher. With those I had the "motorboat" sound thru the speaker and had zero output until the oscillation happened. I just swapped those out for fresh 13n10L's. Gates at 1.8 or there about. Got my power and mod...
  5. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    Yeah that's what I've been doing the past two afternoons. replacing each part in the process and rechecking
  6. dozerman

    another mosfet fail...

    just getting back into things after a few years, and decided to tune up my base. ive got a Galaxy 11b, thats been with me for several years. i got bored and had parts just looking at me so i decided to make it mosfet. i still had the cb tricks info on dual final swaps for the 360014b boards, so...
  7. dozerman

    you just started reading the sentence you just finished reading...

    you just started reading the sentence you just finished reading...