coliseum lead question

[cromag]

i have a coliseum lead.  at practice yesterday, it just died.  lost power.  i shut it down quickly.  i turned it off and on a few times.  nothing.  well, i left it in the on position while checking other things.  then, all of a sudden, it turned back on by itself.  sounded fine.  finished practice. 

any idea what could have happened?

[mckinnon audio]

  Hi there,sounds like you have an intermittant conncetion,could be a bad solder conn. Did the pilot light go out when there was no sound ? Check the on/off switch,might need to be cleaned,check the circuit breaker/fuse also known to go bad from being bumped,and check your AC cable and plug.Good luck,Mel.

[cromag]

thanks for the info mel.  yes, the light did go out. i think i may take a peek inside and check for a bad solder joint and the plugs.  a very random thing indeed.

[george]

You might check the mains cable with a DMM (DO NOT work on the amp connected to 120V mains) - I have found that the +30 year old mains cable connectors become intermittent.

[cromag]

thanks for the tip.