[TenTec] Hercules 444 amp

Jim Brown k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Sat Aug 9 08:56:34 EDT 2014


On 8/9/2014 12:37 AM, Douglas via TenTec wrote:
> Has anyone figured out a substitute for the final transistors in the original Hercules amp?

You might ask on the amps reflector. I suspect the answer is still no. I 
owned one of these amps for a few years and sold it. The original story, 
as I heard it, is that Motorola learned that the output transistors had  
problem, and discontinued them.

The power supply also has a temperature stability problem that causes 
Vcc to rise, which in turn causes it to go into self protect mode as it 
warms up. I decided to fix mine with a fan on the power supply. :)

73, Jim K9YC


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