Egnater Renagade 60 watt Amp blows fuses

[amonarch]

I have an Egnater Renegade 212 combo. About a couple of years ago I lightly wiggled the EL34
tube, which was about 3 millimeters from complete insertion from the El34 tube socket, while
the amplifier was still on, and the fuse blew causing the amplifier to have any power.

I took the amplifier to a local amplifier repair shop in town, and the amp tech told me
a washer was smashed, causing damage on the pcb board. He put a lot of work in repairing
the amplifier but could not get it up and running. He decided just to charge me a bench fee
which was satisfactory compromise to me.

I took the amp home and ran it under a variac at about 90 volts. Everything lit up and the
amplifier seemed to be funtional. I decided to plug the combo speaker which was stock for
this amplifier and when I did, the fuse blew again.

Please help me troubleshoot this problem if you will or give me some suggestions.

Thank you.

[52 Bill]

Welcome to the place.

I took the amp home and ran it under a variac at about 90 volts. Everything lit up and the amplifier seemed to be funtional. I decided to plug the combo speaker which was stock for this amplifier and when I did, the fuse blew again.

If this is a tube amp, it must always have a speaker or resistance load connected to it, otherwise it may be damaged.

Do you know what the person that worked on it did to it? What did he mean about a washer being damaged?

If you plan to repair this yourself, you might want to build yourself a light bulb limiter to help you do it safely and without wasting a lot of fuses.

Do you have a copy of the schematic for this amp?