Ett 27 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I've been into audio stuff for a while, heavily into it in the 90's with my car. Bought myself a PM-1.5t which I lent out and was never given back. Just found a 1.5t at a thrift store for $8. It works if you leave it on for about 1/2hr, but noisy A/F before that. Hoping to learn some stuff about this thing, and eventually bring it back to life. 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4krow 5,077 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Thanks for finding us. And you know, pop the top of that unit and take some in focus photos. We have a library of service manuals that may be of great help. What level of electronics experience do you have? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrf 3,829 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 PM-1.5t are pro amps. Most have had a very hard life doing service in clubs and bars. @4krow gives good advice. Pop the cover and take stock of what you have. Be careful of what you touch. Best to let it sit for about 30 minutes after you pull the plug to allow the capacitors inside to discharge. Just in case you haven't found our library of manuals yet, look at the menu of items across the top of the home page. Click on "Manuals and Specsheets". there you will find manuals for Carver, Phase Linear and Sunfire. The PM-1.5 has an extensive section of service information and diagrams. Welcome to the site. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3M_Audio 881 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Welcome! Nice score for $8. In addition to the good advice from @4krow and @wrf, do a search here on the PM 1.5 amps as there are quite a few repair threads with some good info and pics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobTFM35 1,626 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Welcome to the Carver Site. Thats an excellent find for $8, well done. Looking forward to seeing pictures of the amp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cring08 149 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 WELCOME! You came to the right place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Admin AndrewJohn 8,184 Posted January 25 Community Admin Share Posted January 25 Welcome to the site, @Ett, glad you found us. Looking forward to seeing a picture of your thrift shop find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ett 27 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 16 hours ago, 4krow said: Thanks for finding us. And you know, pop the top of that unit and take some in focus photos. We have a library of service manuals that may be of great help. What level of electronics experience do you have? I've quite a bit of experience with electrical repair (cars, home) and computers (replacing RAM slots type thing). I've repaired a fair amount of guitar amps, but mostly its just replacing switches and potentiometers, or fixing bad solder joints. I am comfortable with a soldering iron and hot air rework gun, and a family friend has a mountain of old diagnostic equipment (worked for the schoolboard, so oscilloscopes, frequency generators, variable power supplies, etc.). 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ett 27 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 6 hours ago, AndrewJohn said: Welcome to the site, @Ett, glad you found us. Looking forward to seeing a picture of your thrift shop find. Because of a mixup, it accidentally got put in my sisters car and is now about 5 hours away, but it should be back soon. I promise I will snap some pics. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith4me 1,386 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Welcome to TCS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt 1,393 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Welcome to the Carver Site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2chGearBuff 344 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Welcome aboard. Nice score at the Thrift store. I never find anything like that. You should be able to get the advice you need hear to bring it back up to snuff, if not even improve it! Great bunch of peaple on this site that are will ing to share their experience and knowledge to help those in need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 4,307 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Welcome to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis47 854 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 WELCOME @Ett! Nice score on the M-1.5t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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