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URGENT Drummer may have fried my WT800

#41
I've been watching this thread, and hope all works out the best way possible....





BUT, I was kinda concerned when I read this, regarding the guy who did this to your amp:

aguacateojos said:
.... he's a good friend, and works regularly in the audio world. He made a mistake and is trying to make it right....
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I'm sorry, But It does not sound like the mistake of someone who works in audio...and even if he just wanted to try it, to see what happened, woulda been nice if the good friend didn't try it on your gear.

JMO?
 
#42
The drummer caused the output current to fly back into amp. The output transistors were definitely destroyed and other components may also have been destroyed. The only question at this point is: will the cost to repair exceed the cost of another WT800?

Note:
Never plug two amp (or two power sections of the same amp in this case) into the same cab. Some cabs have two inputs so that an extension cab can be hooked up. The only exception is the rare case when two inputs on a cab feed different speakers.
 
#43
Bassdirty said:
I've been watching this thread, and hope all works out the best way possible....

BUT, I was kinda concerned when I read this, regarding the guy who did this to your amp:

I'm sorry, But It does not sound like the mistake of someone who works in audio...and even if he just wanted to try it, to see what happened, woulda been nice if the good friend didn't try it on your gear.

JMO?
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Actually sounds EXACTLY like some sound men I've had to deal with....:D

AwkwardLoudness said:
The drummer caused the output current to fly back into amp. The output transistors were definitely destroyed and other components may also have been destroyed. The only question at this point is: will the cost to repair exceed the cost of another WT800?

Note:
Never plug two amp (or two power sections of the same amp in this case) into the same cab. Some cabs have two inputs so that an extension cab can be hooked up. The only exception is the rare case when two inputs on a cab feed different speakers.
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My 800B fried the output transistors all by itself. Set up at a two-day festival gig, played the first day, sounded great, turned it on the second day, one channel gone on start up. But this does not sound good for the OP...I can't imagine anyone over the age of 10 plugging an output into an input...crazy. Lucky he didn't get electrocuted, or cause a fire.

Hope it's not for your sake, but I'm not optimistic - could be into several hundreds of dollars to fix - mine was, that was only one channel, but it was under warranty. And getting it fixed, from the now Eden and US Music, well that was another story...

Cheers,
Cameron
 
#50
If the fuse blew maybe you got lucky, the next thing in-line I beleive is the output transistors. They are a tough device and if the load (ohms) was wrong then they might have gone.
Good luck, Eden 800 is really good stuff.
My 1997 WT400 running strong with no issues for 11 years.
 
#51
Yeah, I'm assuming it's the output transistors - and who knows what the problem is. Maybe he can fix it but can't get hold of Eden for the parts, maybe he has no idea and is just stalling. All I know is that I miss practicing with headphones through my WT800. And that I miss gigging with it more then that.
 

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