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My friend has a tube amp...and when he plays for 3 hours or so and puts it on standby, a burning smell seems to come out of his amp. I have the same amp as him and my amp doesn't do that. Why is this?
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what amp is it? is it an actual burning smell? it might be something problematic, but I have noticed with my HRDlx that it has a special aroma when it's been on awhile from everything around the tubes warming up.
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It's a Traynor, 40 watt, 2 10 inch speaker, 5 tune amp
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Shine a flashlight in the back, and check for smoke.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Shine a flashlight in the back, and check for smoke.
Yes, there's something going on but only with that amp. I have a YCV 40 with a single 12" and my son's good friend has the same model as your friend. None of ours is smoking.
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Thanks for you help guys, i'll take your advices, for those who gave me some
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I'd bet it's from something plastic that's too close to one of the tubes. Resistors will sometimes smoke/smell, but when they do that it's usually adios to your amp making sound until the problem is fixed. If something's just getting singed by a hot tube, it will probably continue to work for a while before it breaks.
Nate
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dust on the tubes perhaps? My attenuator smelled terrible when I first started using it, like the apartment was burning down, I took it apart, cleaned off the dust, and voila, it worked with only a mild hot smell.
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dust on the tubes perhaps? My attenuator smelled terrible when I first started using it, like the apartment was burning down, I took it apart, cleaned off the dust, and voila, it worked with only a mild hot smell.
This would be the classic (at least here in the midwest and other colder areas) "first time for the season that the furnace kicked in" smell. I think this explaination (BillSPrestonEsq's) makes a lot of sense, especially in light of the fact that the amp continues to work.
Nate
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lol that "friend" is me anyway its not that somthing's burning its that theres a wierd smell after awhile. I dont know how to describe the smell lol i guess you might say a burning smell. I dont wanna take my amp apart for fear of messing more things up(unless properly instructed) and dont have enough cash to bring it in for repairs.
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Originally Posted by JeS-PK-KrN89 lol that "friend" is me anyway its not that somthing's burning its that theres a wierd smell after awhile. I dont know how to describe the smell lol i guess you might say a burning smell. I dont wanna take my amp apart for fear of messing more things up(unless properly instructed) and dont have enough cash to bring it in for repairs. if it's just a weird smell and there's no smoke I really want to just discount this as dust/plastic/etc. Like I mentioned earlier, my HRDlx has a funny smell too once the tubes heat up...I love it.