"B A T M A N" wrote in message
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Eltax avr 250
Please can somebody reply? somebody must have an idea about what the
problem
could be. Eltax.com was no help, just told me it was possibly defective.
DUH.

its just gone dead, lights up !! one of the speaker level indicators is on
max tried resetting but no good, had an electrical engineer friend look at
it, he checked fuses. Couldn`t see anything obvious. Checked all the
speaker
wiring too. Any ideas about the problem? Saw another post the same as
this,
but the guy just bought a new amp.


Check speakers on a different amp. If they are ok:
A likely cause is fried (shorted) output transistors. When the outputs go
south, the speaker protection circuit kicks in and mutes all output (i.e.
disconnects power to the speakers) to spare the speaker coils from seeing
DC. This is why you will not get sound from either channel. Fuses don't
always blow in this scenario. Often, outputs will fail internally with no
visible signs of damage such as chunks blown out the sides of the
transistors or flame damage, etc.

This is not a job for the novice. Multiple driver stage trannies (in the
chain before the final outputs) are also frequently toast. One school of
thought is that even the ones that aren't toast have been stressed by the
catastrophic failure and should be replaced as a precaution -- you wouldn't
want the new outputs to fail again prematurely because you neglected to
replace a 20-cent transistor.

Unless you're aware of the hazards of working around high-current devices
AND don't mind risking even more damage to the amp, take it to a shop.
Or... contribute to the landfill like the other guy you read about.