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well... if ya really gotta do it... after its been off for a while... oh yeah it's dead never mind.... then ya pull it apart and look for broken traces and bad solder joints... cant tell ya how often it comes down to mechanicals.... but then again its dead ... so ya gotta get it up first... i'm assuming youve replaced the fuse with the RIGHT one and it blew again?? then pull all the tubes being carefull to lay them out so you get them back in the same order... and try to power up... if it blows you got supply problems.... in increasing order of cost and decreasing liklyhood....
1.diodes
2. filter caps
3 tranny
assuming now that it didnt blow again... power down and wait a while... (the filters have to discharge) now take some small tool (i use a dental pick) and try to close up the contacts a little on the sockets (dont do too much just so the tube gets snuggged) not a bad idea at this point to sprayem with some cleaner too...
now start replacing the tubes back into their sockets... stopping between inserting to see if that one blows the fuse... do the outputs last... if its a blown tube its almost always them anyhow.... and if that dont work ... i dont wanna hear about it...
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