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re: Amp smells?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:48 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:48 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Burnt capacitor or resistor. I think someone said that already.
More concerning thing would be if something caused it. If the tubes are weak I think it can put extra stress on it. I think capacitors are supposed to last 10-20 years? Not sure of your situation.
If you wanted to get your hands dirty you could use a signal tester and go through the circuit and find the faulty part, but if you’ve never worked on an amp or circuit board before I wouldn’t touch it.
I’m a keys player, so I haven’t worked with amps, I’ll tell you personally that I’m inexperienced and I tried to fix / restore my Wurli and deeply regretted it because I went the whole way, refelting the keys, removing the speakers so I could spray paint the top… what should’ve been a $350 job turned into an $800 job. The circuit part was the easy part honestly.
More concerning thing would be if something caused it. If the tubes are weak I think it can put extra stress on it. I think capacitors are supposed to last 10-20 years? Not sure of your situation.
If you wanted to get your hands dirty you could use a signal tester and go through the circuit and find the faulty part, but if you’ve never worked on an amp or circuit board before I wouldn’t touch it.
I’m a keys player, so I haven’t worked with amps, I’ll tell you personally that I’m inexperienced and I tried to fix / restore my Wurli and deeply regretted it because I went the whole way, refelting the keys, removing the speakers so I could spray paint the top… what should’ve been a $350 job turned into an $800 job. The circuit part was the easy part honestly.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:00 pm to TN Tygah
I replaced the tubes about 4 years ago so the tubes shouldn’t be the problem (I’m guessing). It looks like what ever went out/burnt leaked some black oil like substance on a small part of the circuit board.
Had the amp on the kitchen table for the past two nights trying to read up on what could be the problem. But the wife told me to pick it up because the smell that came from the amp was still strong.
Read something that it could possibly be magnesium magnet leakage?
Had the amp on the kitchen table for the past two nights trying to read up on what could be the problem. But the wife told me to pick it up because the smell that came from the amp was still strong.
Read something that it could possibly be magnesium magnet leakage?
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