Re: Infinity PS-12 Powered Subwoofer Fired Amplifier

Yeaa.... PS12 is FIXED!!! Thanks for the information! Burned it in yesterday with about 5 hours of hard rock thumping! Changed out all caps in high heat area and all Samxon caps. Total of 8! Hopefully I want have to go back in, but it would still be advisable to help solve the heat issue!

Re: Infinity PS-12 Powered Subwoofer Fired Amplifier

I also have a PS12 which had died a while back. Started off making popping noises on occasion then quit. When I first opened it up I immediately noticed that the C6 cap (3300uF) had a bulging top. (black plastic but definitely pushed up) I made an assumption that was the problem and ordered two new caps. Got them in and swapped them out. When I moved the cap that was bulging back and forth I could feel something inside moving around, definitely not normal so I figured that was the problem. However when I installed the new caps...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello..... my name is Darwin! Initially I worked as a laboratory technician in the petroleum field for 13 years and then moved to computer support for the last 23 years of my stay. I retired a little over 2 years ago and now have time to tinker with many hobbies! I am not an electronics expert, but along with building many computers, I have built a guitar tube amp from scratch and made simple repairs on monitors, TV's, power supplies and such through the years. I found this forum while looking for information to repair a subwoofer...