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Can someone tell me what I did wrong????

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Robus said:
It's less about saving time than it is the inconvenience of getting around to the back of the heads in the tight space of my studio. There's plenty of room for the amps to breath. However getting behind them means moving a few things. Not a big deal but it would be a convenient to be able to switch them if there is a way to do it safely. I can remember to power down an amp before I switch.



Cool, thanks. Serious question for the pizza eaters: Can you see any reason why this solution would be a bad idea?
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You know how inconvenient a blown amp is?

It isn't inconvenience, it is lazy.
 
#203
Robus said:
It's less about saving time than it is the inconvenience of getting around to the back of the heads in the tight space of my studio. There's plenty of room for the amps to breath. However getting behind them means moving a few things. Not a big deal but it would be a convenient to be able to switch them if there is a way to do it safely. I can remember to power down an amp before I switch.



Cool, thanks. Serious question for the pizza eaters: Can you see any reason why this solution would be a bad idea?
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You should know your gear well enough you can reach back and swap, getting the plugs in the right holes, without having to move furniture and actually see it. :D
 
#204
This thread started out with what seemed to be good intent and quickly became laughable.
Beyond all the great advice given, the OP obviously has no plans to spend any money to correctly diagnose the problem he caused. But aside from all that I'd be wary of any of this gear popping up on the used market sometime in the near future.
 
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I think there was a suggestion at one point of actually opening your amplifier up.
Don't touch anything if you don't know what is going to zap you, but use your eyes and use your nose. See if there is any sign of damage beyond the output transformer, burnt resistors etc.

My take is that you were running for several hours before you noticed the problem - in that time the output transformer was taking a beating and on the edge but not quite suffering, and then you put some extra oomph in which was enough to release smoke. It was probably just a bit of the varnish simmering but not enough to short windings - but it is difficult to know. Maybe there is a short winding or two and your amp won't be quite the same (noticable? probably not). A low voltage test with say 6 volts AC on one side and a multimeter on the other (out of circuit) should tell you if it is approximately in spec winding wise. The big thing will be to see how hot it is getting while running. If there is serious damage then extra heat will only cause more.
 
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There's no point repeating advice to someone who won't take it and would rather risk further damage or catastrophic failure just to save a few bucks. Anyone with half a brain cell would know that is unwise. I also don't think any competent amp tech would advice against giving the amp/s a once over.
 
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darrenmt said:
There's no point repeating advice to someone who won't take it and would rather risk further damage or catastrophic failure just to save a few bucks. Anyone with half a brain cell would know that is unwise. I also don't think any competent amp tech would advice against giving the amp/s a once over.
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Yeah, that's what it boils down to for me as well. If you can't SEE the beast, you're just relying on what the customer tells you, and he's (no offence meant here, simple fact) the one who caused the problem (because of not knowing an important thing) in the first place - who's to say he's not going to accidentally leave out an important detail, not realising it's importance!

A good tech should say "Sounds like it should be fine. To be sure though, I'd strongly recommend bringing it in, in case there's anything you missed".
 
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Stealth Fighter said:
I guess none of you read this^^^. Maybe you should read this [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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Since they took my nice little post down I must say.....they are obviously not bright enough to understand when the father of the SVT talks you listen!.....he must not be competent too ...just like the best tube amp tech in MA! they know better! lol

45 hours on the SVT since and its still perfectly fine!
 
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Dredmahawkus said:
Since they took my nice little post down I must say.....they are obviously not bright enough to understand when the father of the SVT talks you listen!.....he must not be competent too ...just like the best tube amp tech in MA! they know better! lol
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Looks like you know better than the rest of us, have expert advice on your end and access to the best tech in your area. You're all sorted :)
 
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