Few sparks, smelled bad and everything is dead, no Power light or nothing... OK I need all possible options what did I damage? The amp is Laney VH100R.Short circuited plate pin (3) with heather pin (2).. help!
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Short circuited plate pin (3) with heather pin (2).. help!
Hey people, my hand slipped accidentally while measuring plate voltage on pin 3 of a 6L6 power tube and touched pin 2 which is a heather.. I assume that I sent about 420 DCV from plate to a 6 VAC heather network Few sparks, smelled bad and everything is dead, no Power light or nothing... OK I need all possible options what did I damage? The amp is Laney VH100R.
Few sparks, smelled bad and everything is dead, no Power light or nothing... OK I need all possible options what did I damage? The amp is Laney VH100R.Re: Short circuited plate pin (3) with heather pin (2).. help!
OK everything works, I have found out that my outside step up transformer has taken a hit, it blew a fuse, the amp itself works 
Wow What a relief
Wow What a relief
Last edited by Emetal on Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Short circuited plate pin (3) with heather pin (2).. help!
Check that the amp hasn't developed a buzzy interference into the signal path; it may have popped the fuse in the heater ground reference, and if so, damaged tubes also.
Hopefully all is ok though.
http://bmamps.com/Schematics/Laney/Lane ... Manual.pdf
Hopefully all is ok though.
http://bmamps.com/Schematics/Laney/Lane ... Manual.pdf
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Re: Short circuited plate pin (3) with heather pin (2).. help!
Everything OK thanks