Squier practice amp just broke,what to do!?!?!?

I'm so sorry about your amp, did you use a surge protector?

Just a suggestion next time you use your amp.

 

ive got a used one in fairly good condition ......

 

If you actually smelled smoke there is a good chance that more than just your fuse burned. You could change the fuse in there easily... But I will bet that it's time to start saving your lunch money.

 

use it as an excuse to get a new amp

 

I replaced the fuse in a newer squier amp a few months ago. You need what's called a slow blow fuse. You can get them at many electronics stores. I don't recall what the rating of that one was... ( I was doing it for one of my wifeys friends) but if you take out the fuse first, you can take it with you and show it to the salesman.

On the other hand... if you have never changed a fuse before and don't know much about electronics... you might forget about doing this. There are somethings you should not touch and electricity can kill you.

 

I am still grappling with the concept of an electrical appliance electrocuting you, even when it isn't plugged in. Also, I know that electricity is dangerous, but I have been shocked a few times while rewiring lightswitches, electrical outlets and a few times while working with the electrical system on my car and motorcycle and I'm all right. Oh yeah, I've been shocked many times and I seem to be all right.

PS...I've been shocked a few times and I'm all right.

 

*twitch* *twitch* Electricity can be fun! *twitch* *twitch* Anyone smell smoke?

 

Is someone burning a ham?

 

Come talk to me when you watch someone touch a 460V 30HP motor starter Cap. Got to watch a guy try and blow his thumbs off, but it was his fault...so oh well. I think his thumbnails have started to grow again finally. I've become a conductor for house current a few times, it just tickles. But I'm not going around sticking my tounge in any light sockets soon. 230's no fun, I've got a couple white marks to prove it

I'm glad I'm not in the Industrial HVAC controls industry anymore. I decided to do something safer...like be a motorcycle engineer (Woops, I meant cooler...doh)

Anything with capacitors ( Amplifiers and Some camera stuffs ) can pop you in an instant, and they don't need to be plugged in. Plus they store more voltage and current than house current. A big cap feels like someone punched VERY hard. But changing a fuse is a no-brainer. Locate fuse, remove. Replace with a good fuse. Manufacturers put them in servicable areas, just in case.

 

Forgot to mention a fun experiment you can do to show you how a cap can screw you over bad. Take a AA 1.5V battery, hold it so your fingers touch the terminals, and you feel nothing.

Take that same battery, and put it in an old disposable camera (The kind you buy at the store, then just take the whole thing in to be processed). Charge up the flash, then take the camera apart, take the battery out, and find some terminals that go to the Cap. Touch these with your fingers, and treat the little burns (then new ones you just got on your fingertips) with a good ointment and Band-aids. Also resist the temptation to destroy the camera in a fit of rage.

I have personally completed this experiment once, and shall never ever ever again. Ever. Never ever. Hurts like the dickens. Scared the hell outta me..

 

When at worked at my local Honda dealership a few years back, I learned in a hurry not to ever[/] pick up a condensor if you found one lying in the shop -- some of the "veterans" used to charge 'em up and then leave 'em sit on a table or work bench for some newbie like me to pick up. Nice!

Also, one time I grabbed both ends of a spark plug tester, just as an "experiment" -- those things fire with about 5000 volts, I believe. I don't recommend it -- it was definately a toe curler.

 

Sorry, Tufuts, but I gotta take you to task on this one.

What you've advocated IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS. No, I'll go further, what you've advocated IS A POTENTIAL KILLER.

A fair number of people have been electrocuted by tampering with the flash circuits of cameras. There's enough stored energy in the reservoir capacitor of most cheapy little cameras to kill a man. Easily.

DON'T DO IT, EVER.

As for fixing the Squier amp, Frankencow150, it sounds to me as though it really is a job for the amp tech. Sorry. I really don't see how you're going to get this fixed yourself. Seems like it's going to be nesc. to take it apart to find out what's burned. And burning smells usually = trouble for non-electronics guys.

John

 

are you willing to take the risk?

 

If you are burning fuses it's nothing that you can fix within the value of that amp. I would suggest you get a new one.