Comments on Profile Post by spwath

Old connector is in the photo there, looked pretty sketchy with ground pin broken off.

https://i.imgur.com/SY3rKiJ.gifv

I'll have to hook it up to the pre out on my amp, hook up speakers, and test. I've been lazy. I believe one channel is broken though, that's what the seller told me. I had to replace fuses and the power connector, but I think the one channel will still not work. I'll have to poke around and diagnose that later.

Well that's not good... Plugged in, turned on, lights came on. Then a blue flash of light from within the unit and it went off. I promptly unplugged it. I don't trust it now....

Should have used a variac and brought up the voltage slowly.

Yeah, I should have, but I was told that the amplifier worked, just one channel was dead. The only thing I actually did to it was replace the fuses and fix the power cord. I guess something else went wrong.
Maybe I should get a variac so I don't blow anything up or set my apartment on fire.

You might need one of those lightbulb rigs. https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm

Don’t hook up speakers until you’ve checked the outputs for DC. Otherwise you could blow a speaker too.