New problem! The amp now powers on and emits sound, but it's very low and none of the potentiometers are working. Anyone have any Ideas?

I recently solved a problem I was having amp. It turned out to be very minor, but I blew it out of proportion and took the power transformer out of the chassis. It powers on and emits sound, but it's very low and none of the potentiometers are working now. Anyone have any Ideas?

Ok, so I decided to check the fuse and its burnt out. So it seems I dug myself a pretty deep hole for an easy fix. Thanks Enzo for all of your help. If I still have problems when I get the fuse, I'll be back to bug ya some more. Have a great day.

My apologies!

There is no sound and no lights 100% dead and I am in the USA.

Thanks for the welcome and the tip,

Normally I'm a little more thoughtful when it comes to taking something apart, (I'll take before pictures and draw maps) but I think I was a little too excited when I started this project.

I got the amp second hand so I was unsure of when the problem started or how. It had difficulty turning on and cut out when a guitar was played through it.

I'm adding the two pictures I have with me to this. One is just a general over shot of the circuit board with most of the wiring disconnected and the other is a close up shot of where the transformer wires are supposed to go. I've already re-soldered the J17 tab that was missing (this wasn't the problem, it came off when I was disconnecting some of the wiring).

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the site, so I'm not quite sure if this is the right place, but I'll give it a whirl anyway.

I recently acquired a Crate GX-212 with what I'm assuming was a fault Power Transformer/power supply. When I got it, the amp would only come on after you hit either the top of the amp, or the power transformer.

After discovering this I proceeded to remove the chassis. I don't have a work shop and handled the whole thing pretty clumsily; setting it down kind of hard and having it slide and fall a few inches.

Once I got the chassis removed, which was a process of its own as I am new to the inner workings of amps, I proceeded to remove the power transformer. I got a little ahead of myself and didn't take a before hand picture of the wiring so I could replace it just right and schematics don't seem to be helping.

It's been a few days now and no matter what I do I can't get the power to come back on at all. I don't know if the transformer has gone completely caput, the wiring isn't right, or if I damaged the circuit board to badly.

Unfortunately I don't have pictures just yet. I can tell you that the transformer is 94-116-40. I'll be uploading pictures once I get out of work.