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Re: Where can I get a power transformer for Kasino U100 amp? [message #27895 is a reply to message #27889]

Wed, 14 October 2020 19:24

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Registered: October 2020

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stevem wrote on Mon, 12 October 2020 12:25

What happened to the amp that took out the original PT, as I have never seen one go bad unless the amp had a blown output stage and someone just kept replacing the fuse over and over without atleast halving the fuse rating for troubling shooting purposes to 1.5 or 1 amp

First off, thanks for the replies.

I got the amp, plugged it in, turned it on, no sound then suddenly the smell of something burning. Trip the circuit breaker at my house. Shut everything off and smoke was coming from the back by the transformer.

I think what happened is I was the victim of a scam. The fuse was the wrong amps and there were a couple of other issues when we open this thing up to look and see what was going on. Basically, there is no way this thing was working properly before I plugged it in.

I bought it on reverb. Contacted the seller and had an immediate response Saying sorry and they would give me a full refund. I was like, well how do we handle getting the amp back to you? They said they had shipping insurance so just keep the amp. When you think about it, you could sell a bunch of broken stuff, basically giving it away, and get the full price paid to you by reverb leaving the person who bought the item responsible for repairing or getting rid of it.

Attaching some photos where you can see the fuse. The transformer had 2 missing screws that were screwed into the back panel. You can see the corner of the back panel closest to the transformer is bent inward because there was a very tiny screw use there. The back panel had this issue on another corner that you can't really see in the photo. Again there's no way this wouldn't have blown when it was turned on with this being the set up.

I can't post links to images yet. If anyone wants to see pics email me and I can send them

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