Rebuild of classic Krell KSA50 fan heater

[Arkless Electronics]

Jez, where did you get the big caps from?

IIRC RS but could of been any of the big distributors.

 

[sq225917]

Rifa/kemet PEH 200. End of story. The best bulk psu cap bar none, but spendy.

 

[Jonathan]

wonder what the power consumption of one of the big krells is compared to a good sized space heater? maybe just the thing for winter?

 

[Ali T]

Rifa/kemet PEH 200. End of story. The best bulk psu cap bar none, but spendy.

Yeah was looking at them, good caps.

 

[Ali T]

wonder what the power consumption of one of the big krells is compared to a good sized space heater? maybe just the thing for winter?

Be pretty fair I'd say. The 100 idles at about 4 amps I think.

 

[sq225917]

I reckon my ksa200 put out a good 600-800 watts just doing nowt, and the same amount doing everything...

 

[Arkless Electronics]

I reckon my ksa200 put out a good 600-800 watts just doing nowt, and the same amount doing everything...

That thing was a fecking beast! I had doubts whether I would be able to get it on to my bench and had a mate over the road lined up to give a hand if it was either too heavy or heatsinks removing too much flesh! I managed... just!
I took a few pics of it with a packet of fags on top for scale... imagine a lego brick on top of a normal size amplifier...

 

[Jonathan]

one of the most curious and most impressionable hifi demos i ever saw was a KSA 200 driving the little ProAcs ... amazing understatement ... or hifi irony?

 

[S-Man]

Rifa/kemet PEH 200. End of story. The best bulk psu cap bar none, but spendy.

Oh dear. I've wasted my money on Sikorels

 

[sq225917]

Don't be too hard on yourself!