OK, I'm not a genious with electronics, but I'm darn good with a soldering iron & have repaired more things than I would have expected. However, some things still elude me. I was wondering, I have an amplifier that uses IRF540 transistors & they are blown. I was surfing ebay & saw that there were some IRF540N transistors for sale at a very good price & was wondering if these were interchangable & how I would know if they were? Or for that matter if I can use a completely different one or one with higher power capacity?
Also on a different note, I replaced some blown transistors on a different amp that I have & now when I turn it on, it gets really hot real quick (seconds). Of course it still doesn't put out any sound, where would I look next for the fault? I'm sure that it would help to do all sorts of tests with my multimeter & and osilloscope, but I really don't know if it's worth spending hours troubleshooting this thing.
Thanks
Also on a different note, I replaced some blown transistors on a different amp that I have & now when I turn it on, it gets really hot real quick (seconds). Of course it still doesn't put out any sound, where would I look next for the fault? I'm sure that it would help to do all sorts of tests with my multimeter & and osilloscope, but I really don't know if it's worth spending hours troubleshooting this thing.
Thanks