Robin - the whole point of capacitors is that they store charge. Filter caps store HUGE amounts of electricity. Getting shocked by one of those would be the equivalent of licking a live plug that runs to the wall outlet in your house. It could (and probably would) kill you most quickly.
Well, let's not get crazy here. The potential exists, but to actually get offed by a filter cap would take a "perfect storm" kind of scenario that would likely involve using both of your hands to complete a circuit with your heart in the middle. My high school electronics teacher made us put one hand in your pocket while you poke around the guts of a chassis, I mostly still do that to this day.
They
will knock you on your ass pretty quick though.
Those are awesome...and not that expensive. Maybe I'll just pick those up, and if they solve the problem that's that.
Maybe that will work, but it could be a number of things. My money's on the filter caps. Regardless, IMO those Copper Caps are superior to tubes in respect to a clean, strong bass application. For guitar some like a little more sag, it's pretty much personal preference.
If not I'll just make the drive to a tech. I never really intended to dig in it too much...just check the tubes and see kinda what was making the fuse blow out.
Good thinking.
I was worried it might be a transformer.
You have just hit on the worst case scenario. If you need a tranny it's gonna cost you some money, maybe half of what the amp is worth in
excellent condition.
The tubes read 6550A RCA that are good....should I swap these out also...or at least get a spare?
Have you tested them on a tube tester? If they are matched and test strong, that set of USA RCA 6550's are gold. You don't need a spare, if you blow one or more you should get another matched set of 6550's or KT88's.
I won't even speculate on what brand of new tubes, it's a personal preference. I think that's like telling a player what string gauge that
you think they should be using.
