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#16
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 11, 2024, 08:03:12 PM
Man THANK YOU SIR !! for pointing that out.
:)
I was at work all day and when I got home I ransacked the house looking for a wall wart with a terminal matching the one in this pic from last May

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The one I tried to use yesterday had a 90 deg on the end of it.  I chased down a couple desktop lamps...no.
Kept looking and finally found it in the bottom of a drawer under a bunch of stuff.

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What's crazy is I got this from my friend's junk store told him I needed a 9v adapter he had a mountain of them and handed me this one and I can promise you we were not cognizant of polarity.

Unless...and this was almost twenty years ago...it's possible I had a pedal with me and tried one until it worked...idk...

 :P

#17
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 10, 2024, 09:21:15 PM
So I dragged all my pedals out and the little power supply I had always used

Could not get a single pedal light to come on

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Next checked it with multimeter read about 18v... :o idk...

Ok opened a brand new 9v...first try no go...trying to remove the battery I guess it was so rusty it ripped the neg terminal off the battery

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So I went back to trying all of them with the wall wart continuously trying to turn it on and off to no avail.

Oh well guess I should play my pedals more than letting them gather dust in a drawer.

Matter of fact last time I used one it had issues but eventually got to working.

 :P
#18
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 10, 2024, 02:43:56 PM
Thank you sir

Somehow I accidentally deleted the NAD post where I brought it home.
Last thing I need is a big heavy combo amp but alas it's not going anywhere.
The sound is heavenly and I need to be playing thru it as it will only help and I can't cover up sloppy playing with teh brootal distortionz.
 :'(
I read about some people jumping channels I'm not brave enough for that.
The downside is I'm a total chorus nut so I gotta bust out my long dormant Ibanez chorus flanger pedal to add some glassy shimmering icepick aspect.
It's definitely not a block logo 5150 that I had but I like that I don't have to put the second volume knob on 0.000000001 to play it at the house. 
But I also dont have instant crunch berries on demand.
 :-X
#19
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 09, 2024, 02:06:48 PM
Ok thanks I put 0.5A and 2A normal fuses in and it's making good sounds but won't make any sound without standby on.

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Thanks for the help I better turn this guy off until I get the correct fuses.

It doesn't get very dirty..dirty enough I suppose but the cleans are pretty sweet 🎂

#20
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 09, 2024, 12:35:53 PM
Btw please accept my apology I wasn't thinking when I posted this (like most of the time) and given it's a tube amp this thread needs to be deleted or moved to player's corner...anyhow thanks for your patience  :P
#21
Ok I hooked them up in series and they are doing good in harmony but that left side can't get past 15v and in fact starts sinking

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I'm not touching this thing anytime soon apparently the components are packed like sardines on the inside and I have plenty of voltage.

 :-[
#22
Seems like my Topward 6303 has a problem. I had noticed the left side having trouble getting above 15v now it won't at all.  The right hand seems to be ok.


Must need a capacitor or something.  I'm not worried about it now besides if I need more voltage I think I can hook up both sides in series.

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#23
Amplifier Discussion / Re: Savage Amplifier
March 08, 2024, 07:51:55 PM
They def seem kinda pricey  :P

Edit: they are handwired tube amps supposed to be really good high quality amps.  So $600 seems like a decent price compared to what I see on reverb and gc.  I'm guessing the model I saw is a blitz 50

#24
Amplifier Discussion / Savage Amplifier
March 08, 2024, 04:15:12 PM
Saw this today...never heard of them.  Not much info out there.

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 :-[  :P

Looks pretty nice..kinda like a red 5150 combo

 8)
#25
So I got to thinking why don't I just put a fuse in my test lead that is less than 2 amps.

It should be plenty for my little Micky 🐭 Mouse 🐁 experiments.  It's not like I'm in a plant or industrial commercial setting poking around.

So I looked around my collection of glass and blade fuses to see what I could come up with.  I was sure that I could scare up a few fuse holders that never got used and accumulated but couldn't find any.

So now that is the plan.  I would have liked to find a 1.5 A fuse but I only found stuff like 0.5 A and much larger.
And all in glass none of the blade automotive fuses were less than 5A maybe 10.

So I had always wondered about voltage ratings on capacitors and fuses and I'm guessing that a component with a lower voltage ratings will be shorted like arcing by a higher voltage.

For example if I have a 250v fuse and I apply 1500v it will short/arc/jump across it?  Rather than open as intended.....idk just thinking out loud maybe I'm wrong.

I know when I had a HV probe and tried to check some HV on an oscilloscope it didn't help it arcd and sparks flew like crazy.

 :'(
#26
Wow that power supply was on for eight days
 :(

Oh well one time I was reading about tv station or recording studio or some type of place like that and they never ever turned anything off and that was when they had tube equipment.  And some noob trying to do a good job would get chewed out for turning something off.

 :)
#27
Ok guys back in business

Got my fuses in this evening

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Despite shaking in my boots I proceeded

Read the manual and they said remove front six 2mm hex head. So I did that then spent like 30 mins trying to separate the case halves had to use an ice scraper and I didn't think it would ever happen.  But finally slowly but surely they opened up to a great sigh of relief. 

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Removed the old fuse and tested with another meter...open.

Put everything back together and now reading current once again

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Some good news I was wondering if I had to do this all over again to change the battery but it has a separate door.

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 :P

A startling fact when I went to test I found my power supply had been on since the mishap
I went to plug it in and it was already plugged in. Then I went to turn it on and....it was already on.   :'(  :P
 :(
Gonna have to put up a sign.

But at least the voltage control was turned all the way down. 

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So hey all good I suppose that was fun but had to spend some money

 :)
#28
Roger that

These days can buy entire meters for that. 

Anyhow I ordered a pair

Lesson learned $$$

I will def have a dedicated current lead/probe with an unpleasant note and warning on the minigrabber portion.

 >:(

 :P
#29
Thanks guys
Trying to remember from last night but I think it is called amprobe fp700

2A 1500V fast blow

8x65 mm

#30
Last night I learned that he/she who uses multimeter to measure current but forgets to switch positive lead back before measuring voltage finds themselves looking online for a $30 fuse

 :P  :'(  :)