Blowing Fuses in a Tube Amp


At a fairly high rate I have lost fuses in my amp recently. Is this a problem with bad power coming in? Or possibly does this indicate a problem with any tubes going bad?

Thanks
keithcady

Showing 1 response by gs5556

You also could have an output tube with an internal short. If you have a tube tester, you can find out right away, or you can simply replace the tube.

Or, you may have the wrong fuse type. If your amp requires a time delay (slow blow) fuse and you have an instantaneous peak type installed, that could do it also.

There are a lot of other unlikely possibilities like a bad capacitor, plate resistor or xfmr winding.