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Amp blown

pinksoir · 2011-06-10 11:18:03

How do, I have a little Vox 15w solid state amp that blew a while ago. Some smoke came out of it and it fizzled out. When I had a look inside there was a butter knife stuck to the magnet on the speaker (wtf?) which I presume shorted it out somewhere. Any idea what could have happened and how to repair it? Cheers.

10-06-2011 12:18PM

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pinksoir

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How do,

I have a little Vox 15w solid state amp that blew a while ago. Some smoke came out of it and it fizzled out. When I had a look inside there was a butter knife stuck to the magnet on the speaker (wtf?) which I presume shorted it out somewhere. Any idea what could have happened and how to repair it?

Cheers.

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#2 10-06-2011 12:53PM

Squidgy Black

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It could possibly be the transformer that blew due to the current passing through the butter knife as well as the speaker coil, but I may be wrong.

More than likely it'll be cheaper to replace the amp than repair it.

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#3 10-06-2011 12:57PM

pinksoir

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Bummer. The amp was free to begin with! I didn't really use it that much but woulda been nice to have. Ah well. Cheers for the reply.

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