Members Peaveyherman Posted February 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 The little bulb was supposed to be a clue that it was not serious, but post removed. Update: I didn't die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kenny Powers Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Seriously, what a bunch of assholes. buwahahahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members olgluefoot Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 He said serious, not seriously retarded. Its very common to discharge filter caps with an insulated screwdriver. I didnt just make the idea up. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Its very common to discharge filter caps with an insulated screwdriver. I didnt just make the idea up. :poke: Common for some who have experience with these things and don't give a {censored} if they ventilate any caps, but it's not sound advice to give someone inexperienced. "Sure, buddy, just poke around in there with a screwdriver!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sardocasm Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 If someone doesn't know what they're doing and decides to poke around their amp with a screwdriver gets what they deserve. Darwinism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R0B0 Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Common for some who have experience with these things and don't give a {censored} if they ventilate any caps, but it's not sound advice to give someone inexperienced. "Sure, buddy, just poke around in there with a screwdriver!" That's really just bad advice, experienced or not. A wire wound 10 watt resistor across both poles of the cap bank will get it all. No need to pick out tube terminals or take a chance of any leftover voltage. I kinda like the looks of that cap box Katillac referenced. That would be handy for lots of things, computer monitors or any large cap charge. When I was working telecommunication centers, we had caps larger than beer cans in banks, and I saw a dumbass totally blow off the end of a large screwdriver discharging them before working on trunk circuits. edit: I guess you referenced that, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 No worries R0B0 =) Occasionally, I run across an old microwave that I'll pirate parts out of. Those have some pretty dynamite caps in them and I'm not about to take chances with them after blowing up a few in the back yard (fire ant mound go boom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Put your tongue on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Or...http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+discharge+a+capacitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaytee123 Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 The easiest way to discharge it is to plug it in, soak your caulk in water and rub your helmet around the transformer. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jack Tone Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 I don't know if it could be this simple, but an article in the new Guitar Player, in the fix-it column, (i don't remember the name), said to take an aligator clip to pin 1 of a preamp tube and attach to ground for a few minutes. Sounds almost too easy. Maybe it was for that particular amp? Edit: It did say to uplug the power cord, and "ground" being the amp chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peaveyherman Posted March 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2009 Ok,so i opened this thing up today.I tried to discharge it via the screw driver method.Nothing happened. Anyway,I noticed one of the internal fuses was blown,so i replaced it.As i was testing it,i i notice something smelled "hot".I looked at the tubes to find 2 of them glowing super red hot(circled in red)After that,the fuse blew again and the sound went really low,almost to zero and was super distorted.Any ideas?Gut whore shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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