Speedball Problems

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Offline david luckenbach

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Reply #15 on: June 29, 2022, 07:37:27 AM
well yes i did blow the fuse..
so i replaced the fuse  and voltage at 13 was 5.5 dc
it didnt flash this time but now the 2 leds on the tube base stopped working



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #16 on: June 29, 2022, 07:44:17 AM
If your voltage at 13 is 5.5V there is something very wrong with your amp.  Do both the 270 ohm 5W resistors look OK and unburned?

Did you carefully mount the TIP50 transistors as instructed in the manual?  If the hardware and insulating pads aren't put on properly, you'll end up with this exact situation.

Paul "PB" Birkeland

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