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What happened to my SET amp?

Hey all,

I was playing my Dared 845 SET integrated amp today, and after about 10 minutes, I noticed it had quit playing, the power lite had gone off, and it was smoking like hell from the lower-back of the amp. I pulled the fuse at the IEC and it was blown (thankfully!). It was marked as 125V/8A.

Nothing has changed since I've originally hooked it up about a month ago and it has played properly for hours at a time since then.
Any ideas what might have happened?
I appreciate your comments.
Good Listening!
myraj

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gs5556
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Possibly either a temporary power surge or that any of the power tubes are or are going bad.

I'd suggest a call to Dared and tell them what happened. No sense replacing that expensive 845 if it was just a house power glitch, and even pulling a tube to test it may violate a warranty.
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