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Want to share: Have downloaded the schematics from this forum to help repair the amplifier of a friend. Turned out that Sony decided to route the earth through the chassis, even the earth between the various supplies. When one takes the main board out of the chassis and switches the amp on, there are up to 20 volts difference between the eart (and hence reference) of the pre-amps and the main amps. Luckily the amp goes into protection but from a design point of view it is not nice to rely on screws and aluminum face plates to conduct up to 0.2 amps of current from one supply to another. What I did is solder wires to every eart point and connected them on the main board to make it stand alone and not rely on conducting current through the chassis anymore. Bad design, simple repair but took some digging in the schematics to find out what exactly was going on!

Hiya, am seeking a Penta amplifier circuit diagram. I have found a few on the web but this request relates to the input board. Early Penta Mark1s used an input board numbered 8002831 and used 6 transistors. my board is numbered 8002831E and looks similar  - but in addition to TR1 to TR6 I have TR8 Tr9 TR10 TR16 TR16 on the circuit board. As its this board that is not working i'm quite keen to get hold of the right circuit diagram. The case says Penta 6602. Any help greatly appreciated. Happy New Year

Sziasztok! Valaki tudna segíteni? SAL WRC200 autó erősítő kapcsolási rajzot keresek. Olvastam, ebben a témában volt már fórum de rajzot ott sem találtam. A gondom az, hogy nem indul el a kütyü, védelem nem engedi. TL494-et már cseréltem de szerintem az eredeti se volt rossz. Az IRF feteket jónak mérem a PT35C, PT36C tranyók is jónak látszanak. Volt néhány "kínai" forrasztás amiket kijavítottam, de továbbra sem működik. Az esetleges segíséget előre is köszönöm. Üdv:Laci

Hi everyone

Could somebody tell me if I can replace a switching diode to another one, the one installed in the onkyo is a 1SS252 and is 10 times more expensive that a 1SS355.

Usually I order the same but they are pricey (around 10.00 usd for a 100) and not commonly used, not many sellers.
For the 1ss355 every seller on line has it in stock and it's around 1 to 2 usd for a 100.
Ans they are available locally, not in china waiting 5 weeks for the part.
Thank you.


1SS352
Characteristic Symbol Rating Unit
Maximum (peak) reverse voltage VRM 85 V
Reverse voltage VR 80 V
Maximum (peak) forward current IFM 200 mA
Average forward current IO 100 mA
Surge current (10ms) IFSM 1 A
Power dissipation P 200 (*) mW
Junction temperature Tj 125 °C
Storage temperature Tstg −55~125 °C

1SS355

Characteristic Symbol Rating Unit
Maximum (peak) reverse voltage VRM 90 V
Reverse voltage VR 80 V
Maximum (peak) forward current IFM 225 mA
Average forward current IO 100 mA
Surge current (1s) IFSM 500 mA
Junction temperature Tj 150 °C
Storage temperature Tstg −55~150 °C