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Hilary Dsouza Posted on May 16, 2017
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I accidentally plug in a 110V Companion 5 system into a 220V supply I am a technician could you guide me where to locate the fault and what what componenents would be required to be replaced

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Hello,

The power supply is the fault. The power supply is dangerous to repair if you don't know how it work. I sugest to send it to an electronic repairer.

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What kind of technician are you?

Testimonial: "i am a circuit designer for p.a, amplifiers and speakers. i have a service centre in india though it would be easier if you could advise me your expertise for easy repairs."

  • solver2010 May 16, 2017

    If you are a circuit designer, I am sure that you know that most electronic equipment has fuses inline with the AC input, and sometimes a circuit breaker, or a fusible resistor. Also, if you are a circuit designer, surely you know that the inductive reactance of a transformer primary could limit the risetime of the input current, depending heavily on the instantaneous phase of the sinusoidal waveform applied to the input, so a slow-blow fuse could fail to interrupt the input current flow before the voltage on the internal power supply was far too high to be safe! Do you have a schematic of the unit that endured the input of an value of double what it was designed for? As a starting point, if I were you, I would wire a 100-150 watt incandescent light in SERIES with the AC input of the suspected defective unit, so that if there is a short or low impedance on the input to that device, the voltage and current available to the device under test will be limited by the light bulb load, and you will see the light glowing. With the unit connected that way, an oscillograph ('scope display) of the input voltage across the AC input of the suspected defective unit can tell you a lot!

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I wanted to purchase a Bose companion 3 set from the US through ebay. i wanted to know whether they work on 220V and if not how can I make them work at 220V.

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The fact that everything but the power amp is still working, it could be only a fuse protecting the output that needs replacement although this fuse is probably circuit-wise after the main fuse you have already replaced and could be soldered on the board. Worst case, the output modules are blown and require replacement and depending on the power level it may be worth repairing instead of replacing.
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While I can not second guess your technician, perhaps the problem may not be that severe. The Bose Companion 5 is only on standby when plug (having no power switch) and therefore the power supply circuitry is the only one working. Chances are it will be only the +5VDC logic supply that is really turned on at that instant. All others would be OFF hence my belief that the problem may be limited to the PSU and/or part of the logic board. Perhaps you can suggest to your tech to test the logic board (motherboard) using an external +5 supply. All others can be be tested and repaired using component replacement.

Should you not be comfortable going this route, perhaps you best bet would then be to get in touch with Bose or their local representative.

You can try looking over the country here and the page will display a Bose contact information. Say the Philippines would be:
Eleksis Marketing Corporation
Unit 206 Fox Square Building
53 Connecticut Street
Northeast Greenhills
San Juan City, Metro Manila, 1500, Philippines
Tel-1: 632 724-9566
Tel-2: 632 724-7527
Fax: 632 724-0176
Email: Click here to send them an email

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

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Accidentally plugged the 110V to a 220V

Hi,
you,ll have blown the PSU.
there maybe an internal fuse, located in the PSU. but if smoke was bellowing out, i,d say it went straight past the fuse.
New PSUs the best bet.
Mike @ Compurepair.
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