Polyswitches

NJPOLKER
NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
edited January 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
Both polyswitches opened while I was listening to Bostons' More Than A Feeling. It was not nearly as loud as I generally listen to music. Not that this really matters but I was at maybe 10 o'clock on the pre-amp. I highly doubt my amp was clipping.
So my question
Do the polyswitches sometimes trip due to distortion due to say poorly recorded music?I remember a time before they tripped but I was listening to a live recording really loud.
When I get the PSB's I'll pull the SRS2's out of play pull the x-overs and replace the polyswitches .5 ohm Mills resistors.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2010
    By the way
    How do you like my new signature?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited January 2010
    If I was forced to listen to Boston, I'd shut down too. :p
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2010
    Yeah
    Well I guess your taste is all in your mouth!!!!!!!!!

    I am more of a Boston Red Sox guy than a Boston the band guy.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2010
    I'm thinking my signature has to go! It's annoying me already.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2010
    Fixed it :D:D:D
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited January 2010
    pull the poly switches and jump them. they're probably old...
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited January 2010
    If you were running monitors & dual subs you wouldn't be having these problems!!! :D;):):p
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited January 2010
    re: "Do the polyswitches sometimes trip due to distortion due to say poorly recorded music?"

    Polyswitches respond to current that is sustained for some period of time. They don't know or care how distorted the signal passing through them is.

    They have 3 operating regions: not tripped, tripped, and a no-mans-land in the middle where they increase in internal resistance but don't reach the knee of the operating curve where they make a quick transition to the tripped state.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    pull the poly switches and jump them. they're probably old...

    They maybe old like me but I installed them a couple years ago when I rebuilt the x-overs
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    If you were running monitors & dual subs you wouldn't be having these problems!!! :D;):):p

    A big F U to you Just wait till I come to South Jersey you will be regreting it.
    Bubinga99 wrote: »
    re: "Do the polyswitches sometimes trip due to distortion due to say poorly recorded music?"

    Polyswitches respond to current that is sustained for some period of time. They don't know or care how distorted the signal passing through them is.

    They have 3 operating regions: not tripped, tripped, and a no-mans-land in the middle where they increase in internal resistance but don't reach the knee of the operating curve where they make a quick transition to the tripped state.

    Thanks
    I am not sure what your advice is but they gotta go because they are nasty.
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