Comments on: TFM-35x

By: Guy Roy

Guy Roy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:28:35 +0000

I simply had to respond to Phil Bonnice’s post about discharging caps. I’ve been an electronics tech for over 25 yrs and still love the pop of shorting out the caps posts. But that isn’t the right way to do it. It can be hard on the caps. The proper way to discharge caps is to put a load on them. That can be anything from a 10 ohm 25 watt resistor wired to ground or wire up a 60 watts light bulb and connect that to the capacitor’s terminals.

But you have to admit… 10000 uF is a lot of stored energy.

I work on broadcast transmitters and we use a grounding stick to discharge huge caps at very high voltage! Nice pop there I tell ya

By: josh

josh — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:29:28 +0000

@trav. it is just your power relay for the switch. i have this amp as well as a ct-3 tuner. that same thing happened to my tuner. it just started clicking, but never making contact, so it wouldn’t fire up. we had to order mine from somewhere in the uk. you can find them. it is an easy install. just a solder job, and you’re good to go.

By: Phil Bonnice

Phil Bonnice — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:39:21 +0000

Hi:
I’m a repair tech and in need of the schematic for this unit. Could this be e-mailed to me? Also info would be appreciated on the best way to discharge those hallacious 10,000 mF caps in the PS filtering circuit.
regards, Phil

By: Trav

Trav — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:51 +0000

I have a TFM-35X just stop producing sound on me and need help please. I had this for over 10rs now. The problem is when I power it up it doesn’t produce sound and it just sit there “clicking” every 5-10 second continuously. Is there an easy fix for his? Please help me out if any one know the symptom.

Thanks in advance,
Travis

By: RIGGED

RIGGED — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:02:05 +0000

Simply the best home amplifier I’ve ever owned, great power and the analog meters are so cool! The thing pumps out the wattage and runs very cool, you can’t go wrong with this amp, it’s a keeper that’s for sure.

RIGGED

By: Dr. Fred Anderson

Dr. Fred Anderson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:12:13 +0000

How does one acquire bulbs for the analog meters. Both have burned out. Would appreciate any guidance on this, since they appear to be scarce.

By: edwin debrakins

edwin debrakins — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:23 +0000

I’ve own my carver tfm35s from 1995,and use it in both club and home. at the club i use it to power sp218 by peavey and never had any problem with it.the only problem is it makes any speaker sound great.

By: Michael Loepp

Michael Loepp — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:13:13 +0000

Hi. I just want to say thanks for sharing the specs on Carver audio gear, as i’ve been a long time enthusiast of Carver components. Your definitely in my favorites! …. Only thing I need now, is a couple used 48″ ribbons for my Amazing Silvers. Then i’ll be completely satisfied. ……….I think……..Thanks again!…Michael