>
>Rich,
>Mostly shorts because of carbon traces along the ceramic on the outside of
>the tube.
>The removal of heat in this amp is marginal at best and the chimneys used
>love to get bridle and sometimes burn leaving residue that will result in
>carbon traces.
>The best update to this amp besides changing the input to a tuned circuit is
>to close the front opening of the tube deck, drill openings into it for air
>passage ( or replace it with a new box) and the most important part....
>install a external real blower who blows into the new box. Of course this
>also means to use large chimneys but this should not be a problem.
>
tnx, Jamie
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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