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Refurbing an old school classic Orion 250 HCCA x2!!!


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I found one of these back in the late 90's in a abandon apartment that a drug dealer skipped out on rent and damages when i was a manager. Found subs and other things as well. Amp didnt work properly and gave it to a teenager that fixed it. Sure wish i had kept it. I had some RF punch amps in my car at the time but this was way better than what i had.

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wow man, wow........nice find, cant wait to see how this turns out. you take chances I would never take, but then again I know 1/100th of what you do, lol

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Orion one Company that has went to China! Great find going to be fun rebuilding it. Used to be a Orion nuthugger but after they kept selling out and now to China had to give up on them when Directed Electronics sold them.

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tuned in to see the results, love seeing internals

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Well..........look who found a friend

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Double the pleasure ;)

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Disclosure: Sadly these aren't mine. I buddy asked me to refurb them. How could I turn down a chance to play with these beauties.... :o

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Boards are minty for their age. Nice.

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  • 2 weeks later...

About to tear apart the power supply.

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No power terminals, these old guys had the cables attached straight to the circuit board.

Not a big fan of this as the cables will get shorter and shorter with different installs and users.

Up the point where you run out of cable to attach to... <_<

Nice Orion branded cable though.

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You could see the discoloration around the positive cable connection to the circuit board.

Easy to see the previous connection was dirty which caused excessive resistance and heat build up.

Here is the connection removed from the board:

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No good, we'll have to clean that up.

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Highs Amp - PPI Art A404
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