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3.SECURITY
VENTURE AUDIO appliances are designed to operate in a perfect reliable and du- rable condition. This operation can however be influenced by external events.
Some of them will require the action of the inner V100A Reference security sys- tem.
This security system aims at protect the appliance from any
«responsibility ». Speakers for instance are this way protected from DC offset, often issued by source components such as CD players ; once amplified, they can cause irreversible damages.
Once activated, the security system cuts the general
A fuse is placed within an AC plug socket to protect the appliance against mains AC over voltage. Please, only replace the fuse with the same one, as described hereunder. In case of difficulties to find these fuses, please contact us.
Another fuse is placed within the amplifier to protect the appliance against loud- speakers wire shortcuts, or an excessive current output (for instance while using too low impedance speakers). In this case, please check and fix any problem and replace the fuse. Please, only replace the fuse with the same one, as described hereunder. In case of difficulties to find these fuses, please contact us.
A last security system has been set to protect the appliance against thermal run- aways. It forces the appliance to
For more information on the reasons of security system calls, please refer to the associated table within the « questions and answers » chapter.
At last, it is important to underline that these are exceptional cases, which never occur under normal conditions and good quality
External:
A 5A (ST) slow fuse is used on the mains socket base (for 230V)
A 8A (ST) slow fuse is used on the mains socket base (for
Internal:
A 8A (F) fast fuse is placed on the speakers output.