blackba
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A friend of mine has a crate palomino v32. I fixed it for him a few months back. The fuse had blown. I found the el84s overheated and a noisey v2 preamp tube. I replaced the v2 and el84s and everything was fine, but now it is back with micro phonic el84s and they once again loot over heated. The labels on he he tubes are browned. This amp is class a and my bias probe does not fit into the chassis to check. I had my friend run a fan to try to keep the amp cool, but that didn't work.
Anyway, is time I replace the el84s again and the v3 right before the power amp tubes. I am just concerned this amp will fail again. It does it used a good deal, but shouldn't go out this quickly. Any help would be most appreciated....
Anyway, is time I replace the el84s again and the v3 right before the power amp tubes. I am just concerned this amp will fail again. It does it used a good deal, but shouldn't go out this quickly. Any help would be most appreciated....