My amp produces foam

[markop2003]

What should i do about this?

The amp won't work so i opened it up and one of the connections on the main amp board had a load of foam around it. So i wiped it off but everytime i turn it on more foam appears.

Amp is an ancient JVC AX-2, is there any way i can salvage it?

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

somthing is leaking inside, you need to find out what it is and replace it

 

[jellybeard999]

Probably a cap. Take the code off the top and order a replacement

 

[markop2003]

Probably a cap. Take the code off the top and order a replacement

I had a look and the issue isn't near any caps, it's a completely standard metal connection.... though the main caps seem to have burnt the board a bit though that's no where near the issue...

 

[markop2003]

Extra info:
It may have got damp, the screws i left on my window sill have left rust stains
It smells strangely like an over chlorinated swimming pool inside
Fizzing noise as it foams

Any chance this is down to a short circuit?

 

[Axil]

Wonder if the short has cooked the PVC insulation - that can give a chlorinated smell

 

[Sasso]

open it up, don some safety specs and clothes and turn that bad boy on xP then you can actually see what's happening

*this is only a suggestion, user does so at own risk, i hold no legal resopnsibilities for your actions*

better to be safe then sorry

 

[markop2003]

open it up, don some safety specs and clothes and turn that bad boy on xP then you can actually see what's happening

*this is only a suggestion, user does so at own risk, i hold no legal resopnsibilities for your actions*

better to be safe then sorry

Oh i have, it's foaming from a specific join, just a completely normal piece of uninsulated wire....

I thinkk i'm just gonna replace it, it was never that good anyway

 

[dave-lew99]

High resolution photographs work wonders here...