Arrrrgh! Grounding issue makes me into a pirate!

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Light hum. Use the Fonzie technique, back in business....

Only happens when the amp if right side up in the shell. Making me insane (er than I have been professionally evaluated to be)

You can't help. I just need a hug. haha. I am losing what is left of my mind. I need to go ahead and make out a will leaving this amp to my ex. I hope she has as much fun with it as I have.

Shiver me timbers and stuff. Ahoy. I want a chocolate chip cookie for some reason.

I bet it's not around the cathode where I have been focusing. I bet it's at v1 socket. Tomorrow is another chance at fame. I live in a town without bell towers. Darn.

[Cygnus X1]

What amp?

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My 50wt plexi mule with the worst preamp tubes I had on hand.. hey wait, I wonder.. I can't remember when this first started.. before or after I swapped these pieces of barely viable dog crap in.

The actual failure is a volume drop perceived to be only partial connection at a cathode accompanied by a marginal hum. I have to isolate the amp from a cabinet, or it starts kicking in with the PPIMV at about 4. Haaaay... (thump) Heyyyyy..

I need to check it with the tubes replaced, then I need to break the cascade, check if it's in both channels, and if it is then I need to lift the board and go to the ground end with an iron.. that is unless someone has a better idea. These are probably the hardest things to track down, I imagine? Seems so!

I didn't build this amp, I rebuilt it about 4 times to learn, and it's teaching me a thing or two. And how! Everyday is another class.

Next class: higher filtering. Damn this thing is as loose as baby poop. I can't figure out how other people get away with this setup, unless they are keeping the master below about 3.

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Poor speaker jack. Nobody loves you. (you annoying piece of plastic crap!)



I can sleep again. I think I found a possible reason a tube might not last so long as well. Back to the good stuff.

[Colossal]

Poor speaker jack. Nobody loves you. (you annoying piece of plastic crap!)

Let me guess...chinese counterfeit Cliff jack?

Have a look:
http://www.cliffuk.co.uk/products/jacks ... ockets.pdf

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Nope! Lucky for once. Just iffy connects from having counterfeit chinese plugs inserted! LMAO
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