red and green light on

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This is my first amp so I'm sure I'm missing something basic here..

I put a 12v battery as source and jumped 7 to 8 on J2. Both the red and green LED's go one. I get around 2.x amps at connection and then it dropped to around .5. When I remove the battery, the LED dim out over approx 3 second. This makes me think there is a leak instread of a normal short.

I looked at all my solders and they are pretty clean. Where should I start trouble shooting for this?

Thanks

Christopher

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10.5 V around .2am with the battery removed. This is with no jumpers (sleep mode) and no load (no speakers connected)

BTW, I have a pair of 3oh speakers I just for testing. Is this ok if I do not load it?( play it loud?)

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I plan to step the voltage to 16v when I get this going. I figured 12v would be safer to start. Plan on using something between this

http://www.batteriesareus.com/index....roducts_id=366

and this

http://www.quasarelectronics.com/3135.htm

BTW, what is the max Amp load for this thing?

I am running right off the pads, so I will jump the rectifier. Would too low V explain why I'm popping the 200ma fuse and having both lights on? Or is the fuse popping because of the rush to the large cap?

Thanks!

Christopher

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well, since I'm popping the 200mA fuse and have a constant .5amp draw, I think it may be more then just Cap draw.

Also, I bypassed the rectifier and now I get .7A draw.

Any thoughts?

Also, just to check, no jumpers mean sleep mode yes?

Christopher