Crest Audio CKS1600-2 and CA12 powered overview after repair

Tested Mains on after repair and cleaning.
it was pretty hard to find those MR2402 Heavy Duty high amp diodes on those.

[@laszlosokolai2858]

I had to take out the IEC power connectors and hardwired cords of the proper guage into all my amplifiers. I haven't had an amplifier failure since then. The IEC power connectors are THE number one cause of amplifier failures as they are only meant to carry 10 amps. The 20 amp IEC only carries 15 amps. The power lights don't dim on my amplifiers any more. If you don't believe me, put a volt meter between one of the lines and the corresponding connector in the amplifier and drive it at full power - 20 to 30 volt difference and drop between wall receptacle and power switch inside the amplifier!. I have 3 dozen Cerwin Vega CV-5000 amplifiers rated for 5,000 watts each. They came with 20 amp IEC's - i could not get the amplifiers to put out anything past 2,925 watts bridged at 4 ohms. When I hardwired 8 guage power cords into each of them - 6,600 watts bridged at 4 ohms, pulling 60 amps peak each amplifier.

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