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I would spray liberally with a good electrical contact cleaner, all the pots the amp has, volume, balance, treble bass etc, whatever as dirt and dust gets built up behind these very easily.
As far as popping when the fridge turns on and off that is interference over the mains from the fridge compressor kicking on and off.
Can you place the amp on a totally different circuit to the fridge?
If not you would need to get some type of power conditioner/isolator for your audio circuit to prevent the pickup from the mains noise.
Good luck
I would spray liberally with a good electrical contact cleaner, all the pots the amp has, volume, balance, treble bass etc, whatever as dirt and dust gets built up behind these very easily.
As far as popping when the fridge turns on and off that is interference over the mains from the fridge compressor kicking on and off.
Can you place the amp on a totally different circuit to the fridge?
If not you would need to get some type of power conditioner/isolator for your audio circuit to prevent the pickup from the mains noise.
Good luck