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JamesO
 Post subject: Jolted by lightning
PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:22 pm 
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I was welcoming my amp back to life after five month hibernation this afternoon when I felt a jolt of electricity. The amp made a "poof," sound and I stopped moving to consider what had just happened.

It wasn't terrible, but I'm afraid of it happening again. What could it have been?
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Check that no connections of the power transformer has touched the chassis. This included the ones you may have tied off since they werent needed.
Did the fuse blow?

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I'll have to check those wires. They DID have shrink tubing covering the ends. The fuse didn't blow.
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My peavey delta blues does this every time I turn it off. I've always wondered what it was...
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If you felt something, somehow, you got a voltage to you. Look for a trace of a spark-jump inside the amp. If you felt it, look to see if any shields of input cable touched a high voltage. Insulate the shields anyway.

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Anything shocking happen lately?

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