Hamezys Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I have a RSA 500 driving a 5802 set of subs and about a month ago it was on but wasn't actually driving the subs. I checked all the wires and messed with the auto/on/trigger switch and nothing. Eventually I turned it off and back on and then it woke up worked just fine. It's now not driving the subs again even though the power light is on. I tried to turn it off and back on. That didn't work this time. Then I tried unplugging it for a minute then turned it on still nothing. Are there any other simple things I should try to get it to start working again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 17 hours ago, Hamezys said: Are there any other simple things I should try to get it to start working again Sounds like intermittent alright. Could be something as simple as a resistor getting too warm. Another person recently having a problem. Not a bench tech so recommend doing a search of this forum for the little amount of posts in archive on this amp. Always enjoyed mine. Kept mine in a cool place with plenty of air. If you are comfortable with electronics, you can unplug and take a look. Welcome btw... @Hamezys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamezys Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 5 hours ago, billybob said: Sounds like intermittent alright. Could be something as simple as a resistor getting too warm. Another person recently having a problem. Not a bench tech so recommend doing a search of this forum for the little amount of posts in archive on this amp. Always enjoyed mine. Kept mine in a cool place with plenty of air. If you are comfortable with electronics, you can unplug and take a look. Welcome btw... @Hamezys Thank you. I just tried to switch from outputs 1 to outputs 2. Tried flipping the toggle from 0 to 180. I'm now updating the software on my couple month old Denon X4800H to see if that does anything. The auto off and on works fine so I know it's getting the signal at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 hours ago, Hamezys said: Thank you. I just tried to switch from outputs 1 to outputs 2. Tried flipping the toggle from 0 to 180. I'm now updating the software on my couple month old Denon X4800H to see if that does anything. The auto off and on works fine so I know it's getting the signal at least. Sounds like a plan... Stay with it and let know please... thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamezys Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 I fixed the problem. I replaced all the caps on the power supply PCB and 1 of the film caps. (I was gonna do all the small film caps but I ordered the wrong size so I just went with the regular caps and 1 film cap.) Ordered a $15 soldering kit on Amazon with a manual sucker and $29 worth of caps from digikey (I ordered extra just in case I messed up) so I realistically have about $30 in the fix. I replaced the old Chinese ones with higher quality Japanese caps. It sounds better than it ever did and can shake the whole house if I want it to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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