Cary SLI-80 Tube amp suddenly blowing fuses


Very strange problem. Everything works and plays fine, however, the past 2 days I have blown the ac fuse (3 amp slow blow 250v) twice now! The bizarre thing is that it only blows when the Cary is in a resting state ~ for an hour or two. When I am playing music, everything is fine! Strange. Could it be random power line surges? Do you think it is a deeper problem within the 6 month old Cary? Should I swap out the power cord?

Thanks,

Jason
jfiluk
I had blowned the ac fuse on my Jolida amp once. I checked the bias setting and there's no problem, think it's more a bad tube. I have replaced the tube and it's doing well now.
Could be a bad rectifier tube. If they short it will pop the AC fuse. Happened to me with a NOS RCA GTB. Tube tested OK on tester, but the higher voltages in amp would cause it to short.