Help, my left channel has developed hum [resolved]

OK, resoldered 42U. I found that one half of the 7 resistor was not soldered. Did that and the reading between 5 and 7 is .047v ac. Retested 1 & 4 and that is now 2.73.
 
thunderfrenchie said:
OK, resoldered 42U. I found that one half of the 7 resistor was not soldered. Did that and the reading between 5 and 7 is .047v ac. Retested 1 & 4 and that is now 2.73.
Is that B1 and B4 shows 2.73V AC between them but 5 and 7 show 0.047V AC between them? (This is almost impossible BTW)
thunderfrenchie said:
Sorry, just reread your post. It is the choke that is getting hot.
If the voltage at 14 isn't considerably lower than it should be, then this isn't a concern.

I would recommend performing the power transformer test found on page 34 of the manual.  Specifically, you have no AC voltage between 5 and 7.  There should be 6V AC there.  You'll want to measure the AC voltage between power transformer terminals 12 and 13.  If there is 6.3V there, then there is a break in the green twisted pair of wires between those terminals and terminals 5 and 7.  If there is no AC voltage there, then power off the amp and disconnect each green wire on those power transformer terminals and retest. 
 
Thanks Paul. I just retested the PT as on pg 34 and everything checked out perfectly. I'll do your green wire test in the morning.

Sorry about the confusion on the last set of measurements. Just redid and I have:

B1/B4: 350v DC, 0v AC
B5/B7: .3mV DC, .041v AC
C1/C4: 4.97v AC

Will let you know how it f=goes and THANK YOU for all the help thus far.

 
Paul, I just realized when you've been referencing 5 & 7 voltages, you mean that of the terminal strips, NOT positions 5 & 7 on the 5670 socket.

On the affected side, which is actually 20 and 22, I am getting the full 6.3v AC, all good there. C1 & C4 hold steady at 4.95v AC. The unit is wired for 4ohm spur taps.

Anything else I should try/inspect?

Thanks!
 
OK, let's go backwards a little bit.  Can you also give me these AC voltages:

Between 4 and 7?
Between B1 and B4?

If you have OV AC between B1 and B4, that is your affected side, you will get no music out of that channel.  If this is counter to what you have observed so far, perhaps a 300B swap caused the issue to change sides?
 
OK, I'm officially an idiot. Where I have been writing "B" I meant "D", the 5670 socket, which is not at all what you have been asking for. OK, once more with feeling... measurements coming...
 
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