Is My System Toast?


The electricity in my town went out the other day for a short time. My wife was in the living room where my stereo system is. The amp is a Bel Canto eVO2i and a pair of Quad 12L2 speakers. She told me that when the power came back on that the left speaker crackled and smoked a little. When I looked, it had a constant low but discernible hum. I tried the speakers and they were dead. I switched the amp input to my CD player (which had been completely powered down) and there was no sound. Are the speakers and amp pretty much gone? Is it worth having the amp looked at for possible repair?

masswineguy

So are you saying both channels are dead? Neither channel works?

FYI, looking at a fuse, and it looks good, doesn’t mean it is good. I have seen fuses that looked good but were open. The fuse element melted, burned free, at one of the end caps. You can’t see inside the end caps. Usually when a fuse blows it is easy to see/ sometimes the glass looks burnt inside. 

If you don’t have a meter to check for continuity, buy a cheap continuity tester. 

Example:

Gardner Bender Sperry Instruments CT6101 Heavy Duty Continuity Tester 

Or just buy a couple of new fuses. Make sure it is exactly the same amperage and type. Usually power amps use a slow blow fuse. 

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Usually when a fuse blows it is easy to see. Sometimes the glass looks burnt inside. 

And of course you can see the fuse element is blown.

 

@masswineguy 

Both channels of the amplifier are dead? Yes?

No power light?

You can’t hear the power transformer with an ear close to the top of the amp?

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The fuse doesn’t look blown at all, but that’s what JEA48 was talking about. 
Either both channels are gone or both speakers are gone.