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Trace Elliot can not working

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George Simon

Jul 11, 2020
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Hi guys,

I've just plugged my Trace Elliott ah300-12 to a Trace Elliott 1048H and the amp shows a signal but I've for nothing coming out the cab I've used a proper speaker lead but there is also xlr inputs which I haven't tried but I'm just wondering if anyone knows if it will be that before I go and buy one!

Thanks
 
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George Simon said:
Hi guys,

I've just plugged my Trace Elliott ah300-12 to a Trace Elliott 1048H and the amp shows a signal but I've for nothing coming out the cab I've used a proper speaker lead but there is also xlr inputs which I haven't tried but I'm just wondering if anyone knows if it will be that before I go and buy one!

Thanks
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Nope. Is this amp new to you? Should be using the 1/4" speaker outputs. Did you disengage the mute?

Riis
 
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George Simon said:
Yes it is new to me. Yeah I've tried everything, could it be xlr to 1/4"?
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Did it ever work? IOW, did you trial before purchasing? I'm having a helluva time finding a manual or good pics...can you provide either? Conventional wisdom holds that the amp's 1/4" speaker output should be providing signal to the enclosure's 1/4" input. Are you able to trial either TE components with known good hardware, ie. other amps or cabs?

Riis
 
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Zooberwerx said:
Did it ever work? IOW, did you trial before purchasing? I'm having a helluva time finding a manual or good pics...can you provide either? Conventional wisdom holds that the amp's 1/4" speaker output should be providing signal to the enclosure's 1/4" input. Are you able to trial either TE components with known good hardware, ie. other amps or cabs?

Riis
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Thanks for your help, I have found the issue now a component has come adrift from the outputs on the amp so it just needs a little soldering.
Cheers!
 
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George Simon said:
Thanks for your help, I have found the issue now a component has come adrift from the outputs on the amp so it just needs a little soldering.
Cheers!
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Depending on how it's used, a lot of bass amps (especially those on top of cabinets) actually shake parts loose from the p.c. boards. Sometimes (you gotta make sure the part isn't creating a lot of heat before you do this) it's wise to glue down some of the heavier components.
 
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Zooberwerx said:
Did it ever work? IOW, did you trial before purchasing? I'm having a helluva time finding a manual or good pics...can you provide either? Conventional wisdom holds that the amp's 1/4" speaker output should be providing signal to the enclosure's 1/4" input. Are you able to trial either TE components with known good hardware, ie. other amps or cabs?

Riis
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So I've soldered the connection back on, whilst doing so noticed both fuses by the amp have blown they are F5L250V I tried a couple of other 5amp fuses that I had kicking around and as soon as the amp was turned on they also blew, do I need the F5's or is there another that would be better?
 
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George Simon said:
So I've soldered the connection back on, whilst doing so noticed both fuses by the amp have blown they are F5L250V I tried a couple of other 5amp fuses that I had kicking around and as soon as the amp was turned on they also blew, do I need the F5's or is there another that would be better?
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No, you're past that point. Need to either return it or hand-off to a decent tech.

Riis
 
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