Hello, I've had this happen twice. Once in a SLAM 100 and once in my SLM 200. Both times is was a bad Jensen coulping oil cap that are sometimes prone to fail. I replaced with a higher voltage Mundorf silve & oil cap with a 1200v rating as oppose to the 600v rating of the Jensen and had no further problems. By the way the Mundorf caps brought an already great sounding amp to a level of musicality that was stunning to say the lease. I've had various Cary amps over the last 10yrs and this is the best upgrade I've heard in them. Hope this helps. Dmsmusiq in SACTO.
Cary amp fuse blowing 1 advice 2 Bay Area fix?
Hi. Well, starting yesterday, when I turn on my Cary SLI-80, after around one minute, the fuse blows on the left hand side. Tried it twice now.
1. Could this possibly be due to a bad tube? All the tubes appear to light up fine. Is it worth experimenting with swappping tubes, trying to nail down the bad one (I'd hate to put my amp through six more blown fuses while I experiment unless it's likely to find the cause.)
2. I'm always inclined to send a unit back to the manufacturer for repair. That of course takes weeks round trip plus risk of damage or loss. SO, if any of you know someone in the BAY AREA, Northern California, that could fix this, that might be preferable.
Thank you!
Art
1. Could this possibly be due to a bad tube? All the tubes appear to light up fine. Is it worth experimenting with swappping tubes, trying to nail down the bad one (I'd hate to put my amp through six more blown fuses while I experiment unless it's likely to find the cause.)
2. I'm always inclined to send a unit back to the manufacturer for repair. That of course takes weeks round trip plus risk of damage or loss. SO, if any of you know someone in the BAY AREA, Northern California, that could fix this, that might be preferable.
Thank you!
Art
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