Re: Carr Rambler questions

Jack Zucker wrote:

They said the heat is normal and is caused by the cathode bias
resistors though they recommended getting a new set of tubes.


Hmmm....I suppose that's why the Traynor YCV20-WR (much cheaper than the Carr!) that I traded for a while back gets such a hot chassis after having it on for a while. It is cathode-biased as well.

mark
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