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Issue Placid HD BP - SMOKE! - First power up - Smoke from R1(A&B) and R2(A&B)
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tdmckellar  
#1 Posted : Friday, July 14, 2017 5:26:28 PM(UTC)
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I have been building the Placid HD and HD Bipolar, the HD I have successfully tested powered up and adjusted the voltage and current following the Placid HD v2.1 Guide (very helpful!)

However, after following the same steps for the HD BP, I got smoke from the resistors R1 (A and B) and R2 (A and B). I immediately powered off, but I am not sure what the issue is. I have checked solder joints which appear to be okay, and the polarity of the capacitors is correct. I did put some heatshrink (may have been adhesive backed) over QN5/QN3 and QP3/QP5 after I had read this could be beneficial. Could this be the issue? Could anyone advise how to proceed to troubleshoot?

Thank you.

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Brian Donegan  
#2 Posted : Friday, July 14, 2017 8:50:03 PM(UTC)
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This is almost always transposed transistors.

Use the parts list and check all the transistors are installed in the correct positions.
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tdmckellar  
#3 Posted : Friday, July 14, 2017 9:05:57 PM(UTC)
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Thank you for your reply, could it have been caused by swapping QN3/QN5 and QP3/QP5? Also as a result, may I have damaged resistors R1 and R2?
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Brian Donegan  
#4 Posted : Friday, July 14, 2017 9:28:59 PM(UTC)
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Yes. Any QP/QN swap will cause problems. The resistors are amazingly resilient, so they may be okay. It's entirely possible that all comps are okay, and swapping will fix it.
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tdmckellar  
#5 Posted : Saturday, July 15, 2017 11:13:03 AM(UTC)
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I appear to have swapped QP1 and QN2 (swapping MJF122G with MJF127G). I tried to desolder and salvage the components but they had to be cut off. I should be able to get some new ones next week. I will install and retest asap and let you know the results. Thank you for your help.
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Narukas  
#6 Posted : Wednesday, February 26, 2020 11:00:04 PM(UTC)
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Got into the same smoke situation - assembled Placid HD BP v2.1 with MJF122G and MJF127G wrong way around.
Replaced QP1,2, QN1,2 and R1A,B R2A,B resistors and all is well

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