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RE: How can this Happen :(

I would guess an internal arc in the 300B tube caused an over-current condition thru the 83 tube. Further, the stored energy in the power supply capacitors arcing to ground was like a 'shot gun blast' in that 300B.

Some use a 50 ohm resistor in-between the last capacitor and the audio transformer to help quench internal arcs, but no guarantees of no damage in any tube with an internal arc.


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  • RE: How can this Happen :( - sony6060 03:09:20 10/24/14 (2)

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