• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

McIntosh 275

Need some help
Amplifier goes on protection on the left side only
It is supposed that if any of tubes has a problem then protection flashes tuber red
here this is lot the case
if you swap tubes form the other ch you have the same failure
If you remove tubes totally from the ch still you have this protection issue
Can anyone help ?????
 
Are you sure, that load (speakers) is connected to amplifier?
If not, the protection is activating.

Other possible reason is lack of the negative voltage (diode broken).... if tubes are OK.

BTW read this:
MC275 How to operate.jpg

Auto OFF is disabled?
 
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