Frankthehammer

Good morning fellow Carver fans. I have been a Carver owner since the mid 80's when i purchased my first Carver gear, a C-2 pre-amp and a M1.5t amp during my college years. I had them put away for close to 20 years and within the past 2-3 years have started to re-assemble a listening room as the kids have all left the house and i can claim use of the bonus room now. I have had the M1.5t fully service from Nelion, and have acquired quite a bit of other pieces over the past year. I now own 3 M1.5t's, 4 TFM6'c, AV405 C-1, C-2, CT-7, Ct-17, CT26V TX-2, TX-12, and a Sunfire Ultimate Receiver. Some of this gear needs some attention and some work great. I have replaced all the caps on two of the tfm-6c's and will be doing the other two soon. I am new to repair work, but i am not afraid to try, and I enjoy the learning experience. I have downloaded the service manuals for most of the pieces I have and have referenced them for the repairs i have done so far. I want to thank each of you for the support you have given me to this point, and welcome your input. I am currently tinkering with the CT-7 ass the power switch intermittently does not seem to work, and i currently have the CT-17 as the display is quite dim. the CT-17 is a nightmare to disassemble, but again, i don't mind the challenge or learning experience. i have been reading about the typical issues with these units display problems and will continue to chase this down. Have a great day, and crank it up to 11!

Balok, thank you for your reply, i will check the actual unit capacitors and go from there.

BobTFM35, thanks for letting me know, i will take your advice and introduce myself and start a new thread.

Jeff, i have a ct-17 as well and the display is dim. i have disassembled the unit and have extracted the display board. i inspected all the soler joints and they appear fine. i have also tested the display by supplying voltage from my power supply unit to the display board and to the solder joints on the board and the display lights up nice and bright. i am thinking it is the capacitors on the power supply board. where di you order yours from when you replaced them and do you have a list of what you ordered? i have the service manual with the parts numbers, but short of looking at each individual capacitor and getting the info off of them i don't see a list of the capacitor specs on the schematics. any help would be appreciated. reagrds, Frank