Working on a MA Audio HC4002 amp......

This amp comes on,shows red LED for protection mode. as it is turning on,it seams to put dc current into one channel just before it goes into protect. i want to know if its the ouputs(TIP35C & TIP36C) that need replaced or the power supply mosfets(IRFZ44N)? none of either look bad or burnt. or if i can get any kind of repair manual for this amp. email me back with any answers. thanks everyone

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On an amp? All the devices should be replaced at once as they can measure or look good, but still have a high resistive leakage, and if this happens to save a couple of bucks, you can blow out all the devices you just replaced. The thing with solid state devices? Most of the time you cannot look at them and see they are bad unless they had a total blowout and blew apart and put a big hole into itself and then yes that ones bad and beleive me most of the others are too. Good Luck

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