Well I got a broken tube. The center tube i am able to rotate about 5
degrees with it still in the holes...Where is the best place to bu a set of
these tubes?
Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Manthe" <scott.manthe@gmail.com>
To: "TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK" <N5ARK@COMCAST.NET>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] al-811 Blowing fuses Like Crazy
> eBay generally sucks. If the guy told you it was working, tell him you
> want your money back.
>
> It sounds like you've either got a short in the tubes, or one of the
> caps/resistors is shorted. Tom Rauch, who used to design amps for
> Ameritron, or one of the other guys who know more than me, can tell you a
> little more about exactly what the trouble is.
>
> If I remember correctly, this shouldn't be too difficult a repair.
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
>
> TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> I bought a AL-811 on ebay. Nice looking Amp. Well it arrived in the mail
>> and I pluged it in and the first thing happens is fuses go to blowing.
>> (He sent the amp with the tubes still in place ;() ..I open the cover and
>> look at the tubes and connectors again and everything seems to be in
>> place. A little up so I pushed the tues ack down and put new fuses in.
>> Still blows them everytime within about a second. I look over the amp and
>> I have never worked on them before. There is a little green wire at the
>> back of the amp that has come un-soldiered and is free in the air as in
>> not touching anything...seems the amp is arcing right under the middle
>> tue somewhere. Can anyone lead me in the right direction.
>>
>> Not getting off to a good start on amps. this is the 2nd bad one I have
>> got....
>>
>> 73's
>> N5ARK
>>
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