Hello everyone,
I have a Crate Stealth GT-50H that I am hoping one of you can point me in the right direction with it.
I went to power on the head a week or so ago and I wasn't getting any sound. I then proceeded to test everything externally and everything came back clean.
Then I took the faceplate off and noticed the two right power tubes were brighter than the left two and they were also flickering creating a "ticking" noise.
I powered the amp off checked the power conditioner I was plugged into and then plugged the amp into a newer power conditioner.
At this point, the same thing happened but the far right tube blew and now I'm not getting any response from the amp at all.
What I know is I need to replace the Power Tubes. What I don't know is what caused this problem.
I'm suspecting it is the resistors because I've been told these are a known failure point because of the white substance in them drying out. These resistors are Colber 470 Ohm 5% CW5A and 10% CW5A. I'll be honest, I don't know what any of these means outside of the resistance.
After digging in, I noticed some of the caps are swollen as well and need to be replaced. Not a problem.
I've made up my mind I'm going to replace anything and everything I need to in order to get this amp up and running. I love it.
Does anyone have an insight as to what could have caused this issue?
Also, I have the schematic as well as the pictorial to reference. On the pictorial it calls out a sheet 2 to see the parts list. Does anyone have the parts list for me to reference when replacing these parts?
I have a friend that is helping me that is an electronics engineer but I'm struggling on sourcing the correct components.
Thank you in advance for any help or guidance.
I have a Crate Stealth GT-50H that I am hoping one of you can point me in the right direction with it.
I went to power on the head a week or so ago and I wasn't getting any sound. I then proceeded to test everything externally and everything came back clean.
Then I took the faceplate off and noticed the two right power tubes were brighter than the left two and they were also flickering creating a "ticking" noise.
I powered the amp off checked the power conditioner I was plugged into and then plugged the amp into a newer power conditioner.
At this point, the same thing happened but the far right tube blew and now I'm not getting any response from the amp at all.
What I know is I need to replace the Power Tubes. What I don't know is what caused this problem.
I'm suspecting it is the resistors because I've been told these are a known failure point because of the white substance in them drying out. These resistors are Colber 470 Ohm 5% CW5A and 10% CW5A. I'll be honest, I don't know what any of these means outside of the resistance.
After digging in, I noticed some of the caps are swollen as well and need to be replaced. Not a problem.
I've made up my mind I'm going to replace anything and everything I need to in order to get this amp up and running. I love it.
Does anyone have an insight as to what could have caused this issue?
Also, I have the schematic as well as the pictorial to reference. On the pictorial it calls out a sheet 2 to see the parts list. Does anyone have the parts list for me to reference when replacing these parts?
I have a friend that is helping me that is an electronics engineer but I'm struggling on sourcing the correct components.
Thank you in advance for any help or guidance.
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