Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Fixing Allen & Heath Zed 420 mixer

The mixer was turned on 24 hours a day for around two years. After that time once its LEDs were not as bright as in the past and the signal was not getting through the analog channels. The mixer was returned from the service with a note, that power supply was damaged and that a price tag for the power supply makes it unprofitable to repair. After that, the owner brought the mixer to me. I observed that output filtering capacitors, right behind rectifying diodes are swollen. It was clear indicator that their lifespan was exceeded. See swollen capacitors, especially the one marked as (2):

 I replaced those with identical capacity and voltage, low ESR capacitors and it worked again.





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