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hydrohydra 01-12-2013 10:28 PM

yba-3 keeps blowing fuses HELP
 
For the past couple of weeks I've been playing my yba-3 through my custom made 4x10 1x15, the head has recently been restored with all nre power and pre amp tubes, before I was running my head through a sunn 2x15 and had only burnt a fuse once, over the course of a couple months, now that I've been using my 4x10 1x15 I blew 2 maybe 3, I've also recently added a boss odb-3 pedal to my rigg and my drummer thinks its pushing my head to hard and burning the fuse, I can generally play for a while for example both of the last times it blew I was turning off my OD, I was hoping someone could give me some advice.

B-string 01-12-2013 10:38 PM

Sorry miss read

Primakurtz 01-12-2013 10:47 PM

What are the ohms rating of these 3 cabinets?

hydrohydra 01-12-2013 10:49 PM

The sunn is 8ohm and the 4x10,1x15 is 4ohm

Primakurtz 01-12-2013 10:53 PM

That could be the issue - the amp is solid at 8 ohms but not at 4. I have heard of this happening with some old Traynors. They can handle 4 ohms, but not for extended periods.

hydrohydra 01-12-2013 10:58 PM

That sucks, I was just considering changing my cabs together too in hopes of extra head room, maybe I should just find a second 8ohm cab

Bassmec 01-13-2013 03:32 AM

Well!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrohydra (Post 13711226)
That sucks, I was just considering changing my cabs together too in hopes of extra head room, maybe I should just find a second 8ohm cab

I have allways been confused about why Traynor did not provide 4/8/16 ohm transformer taps on this, unlike proper British amplifiers.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/tr...terity-870355/
Interesting! No fixed variable bias either? + Those colonial chaps also appear to have made the tag strip out of a hardboard material that absorbs moisture and carbon tracks!.
But then of course my ex misses was Canadian, so I kind of understand.
:D:hiding:

Primakurtz 01-13-2013 10:07 AM

According to that thread, the speaker jacks are wired in series. If so, two 8 ohm cabs are showing the amp a 16 ohm load.

Edword 01-13-2013 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Primakurtz (Post 13712596)
According to that thread, the speaker jacks are wired in series. If so, two 8 ohm cabs are showing the amp a 16 ohm load.


This is correct. What the OP should look for is another 4 Ohm cab, to use with the existing one.

BassmanPaul 01-13-2013 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassmec (Post 13711535)
I have allways been confused about why Traynor did not provide 4/8/16 ohm transformer taps on this, unlike proper British amplifiers.

Very few North American amplifiers do have tapped secondaries on the OPT. It surprised me too when I first got here.

hydrohydra 01-13-2013 02:25 PM

So I should find a second 4 ohm cab then? Also what would it run at if I ran the 4ohm and the 8ohm?


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