c4pa Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Has anyone changed out the power supply themselves? If you have I would be interested to know the actual power supply used. thanks for the help.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axgarcia Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I am also looking for that. Does anyone know where I can get a power supply for a 16 ch amp? Mine died and I got the courage to open it up myself to replace it. The number on the PS is als800-48c11 made by anser The only dealer in town is not very good. Pretty much a take your money and run kind of dealer. It is no longer under warranty and figured i would try to fix it myself. Everything else works but I cannot get music to any of my zones. Is there another solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NkySpike65 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 http://www.codemicro.com/store/product/Asner-ALS80048C11-New.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 If that doesn't work out: http://www.4starelectronics.com/part_detail/ALS80048C11.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axgarcia Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks guys. Parts ordered. I took the top off the ampand the four screws off the side of the power source but it's still holding on to something. Am I missing another screw somewhere. I see the peg the unit sits on? Any ideas. It seems pretty simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just curious, how much was the power supply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axgarcia Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Paid $100 plus $9 shipping. Not bad. Beats the $300 the dealer wanted just to remove it and put it back. Then Control4 wanted another $250. To top it off the dealer told me they would have to do another 2 hours of programming at $125 an hour. That's when I knew they were lying to me. They wanted $800? But that's the kinda dealer I'm working with. They are the only dealer within 150 miles so I guess the feel they can do that. I figured I'd try this first. Hopefully it would be up a running in no time. It's an older model but I never had issues excepts that. What do you thing will I have to get anything reprogrammed? That didn't make sense to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbing1982 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 From my understanding Control4 doesn't just replace the power supply when it goes out in the older amps. They use the same chassis but upgrade all the internals to whats inside the new 16 Channel Amp's. At least thats what tech support told us when we had to have one fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^That would explain alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 That is correct.It's basically upgraded to the internals of a V3 amplifier, which is not that bad a deal. I just had them do one for my cousin's V2 that was out of warranty.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 There is a huge difference between the V1 and the V3. I remember when I swapped mine out, the default room volumes went from 55 to 25! It is a lot louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yeah, the V3 is a great amplifier.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axgarcia Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Would it have to be reprogrammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Would it have to be reprogrammedI think a different driver would need to be added and perhaps the connections in Composer would need to be redone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Would it have to be reprogrammedYou mean after you replace the power supply yourself? Or if you send it in to Control4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axgarcia Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Well guess what? Codemicro called me today and told me they would not be able to send me the power supply because it would not pass inspection. Maybe that is why they have power supply issues because they were no good to begin with. I've already taken off the amplifier. What else should I do? Can I work directly with control4 to get this worked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 You can try, but the regular process is going through a dealer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 You would need to do it through a dealer. Control4 doesn't have any process to deal with end users' RMA / out-of-warranty fixes.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meldog Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 A few months ago my 16 channel amp, V1, died. I suspected the power supply and my dealer arranged for return to C4 for repair. They quoted about $500 before the unit was in their hands. Once it did arrive it was deemed beyond repair but I was supplied a refurbished V3 amp for the quoted repair charge. So, I'm happy.Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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