fire spark in 5AR4 rectifier tube for PrimaLuna Pr


All of a sudden, I see fire spark in one of the 5AR4 tube in my PrimaLuna Prologue 3 preamp so I turn it off immediately. I tried it again, and the same thing happen. What is going on?

Does it mean my tube is bad that I need to replace it? Or there is something wrong with my preamp? I did some research, it seems people said it may be the capacitance is too high, but I didn't change anything, could it be something goes wrong in the unit that results in capacitance being too high? Did I already damage my unit?

Thanks.
gte357s

Showing 1 response by zmanastronomy

The tube is more than likely bad. If you turned your pre off immediately, your equipment is probably ok.
When you buy the next set of tubes, make sure that they've been tested. Good luck.