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    the safety precautions around high voltages.

How do I go about repairing a vintage Pilotone AA-410A monoblock tube amp?

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sardonx

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I bought a pair not too long ago one works fine but the other one was labeled 'dead'. I replaced the burnt fuse and turned it on. The tubes lit up but after about 10 seconds there was a blue flash and the fuse burned up again. Does somone know what the problem is?
THanks....
 
SHiFTY

SHiFTY

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I would imagine you need to replace all the power supply and signal capacitors (basically all capacitors) in BOTH amplifiers for reliable use.

You should also replace out-of-spec resistors, and weak tubes.

You might have a shorted rectifier tube. However the power supply capacitors are the most likely cause of this.
 
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