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So I was just listening to my rig, and noticed flashing/arcing from inside the cabinet...... Holy COW!!! My Belles 350a ref. sounded and looked like someone was TIG welding inside it. I've read about Belles amps doing something like this, but thought those incidents were "oddities". I guess I was wrong. Probably took 10-15 seconds for me to jerk the power cord, it was burning and arcing the entire time!!! The fuse didn't blow???
Burnt electrical smell, and soot from the burned pcb throughout the room and house. Amazingly, nothing else in the system was damaged.
Belles uses a 15a slo-blo, but it didn't protect anything in this case...
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Topic - Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Rikkitik 11:45:59 10/17/19 (52)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - SgreenP@MSN.com 03:25:39 10/24/19 (2)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Rikkitik 16:10:59 10/24/19 (1)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Schurkey 02:14:37 10/26/19 (0)
- Not uncommon for ARC tube amps to smoke circuit board traces too.... - AbeCollins 09:56:58 10/19/19 (4)
- Did you mean PCB trace collateral damage along with... - Jonesy 18:21:57 10/21/19 (1)
- RE: Did you mean PCB trace collateral damage along with... - AbeCollins 16:26:14 10/23/19 (0)
- RE: Not uncommon for ARC tube amps to smoke circuit board traces too.... - digepix 04:49:03 10/20/19 (1)
- RE: Not uncommon for ARC tube amps to smoke circuit board traces too.... - G Squared 04:15:48 10/21/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - DrN 17:12:32 10/18/19 (4)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - ionman 16:05:57 12/14/20 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - sk 05:49:35 10/19/19 (2)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - airtime 07:09:19 10/19/19 (1)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - DrN 15:17:56 10/20/19 (0)
- listening to Hendrix at max volume? - LtMandella 15:56:03 10/18/19 (0)
- Is this spontaneous fire problem only common to the 350A? - Rod M 13:10:19 10/18/19 (5)
- I really wouldn't do that: - classfolkphile 16:49:12 10/19/19 (4)
- RE: I really wouldn't do that: - Rod M 20:06:40 10/19/19 (3)
- RE: I really wouldn't do that: - classfolkphile 19:45:41 10/20/19 (0)
- RE: I really wouldn't do that: - classfolkphile 08:53:26 10/20/19 (1)
- RE: I really wouldn't do that: - Rikkitik 10:01:26 10/20/19 (0)
- Arcing produces very high voltages, enough to melt metal and cause fire. nt - oldmkvi 08:57:26 10/18/19 (4)
- correction - Story 09:36:16 10/18/19 (3)
- True that - Craiger56 10:43:30 10/18/19 (0)
- The leaping IS the arcing. - oldmkvi 10:27:46 10/18/19 (1)
- RE: The leaping IS the arcing. - Story 13:06:11 10/18/19 (0)
- Thanks for sharing - Dave_K 08:02:28 10/18/19 (1)
- RE: Thanks for sharing - Rikkitik 18:17:24 10/18/19 (0)
- I would like to see the tracing side of that board - airtime 06:59:58 10/18/19 (0)
- You meant to say "nucular"? nt - geoff 04:52:01 10/18/19 (1)
- That's the hooked on phonics spelling... growing popular though. (nt) - Jonesy 14:22:46 10/18/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Jonesy 21:58:41 10/17/19 (4)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Bill Way 13:28:09 10/18/19 (1)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Rikkitik 18:26:46 10/18/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Rikkitik 22:11:38 10/17/19 (1)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Jonesy 22:34:39 10/17/19 (0)
- It looks like... - Awe-d-o-file 18:47:02 10/17/19 (4)
- RE: It looks like... - Rikkitik 19:23:38 10/17/19 (3)
- Oh yes, fix it up and put it in your kids room so they have music. nt - viridian 15:47:38 10/18/19 (0)
- RE: It looks like... - digepix 05:44:04 10/18/19 (0)
- RE: It looks like... - Awe-d-o-file 20:42:19 10/17/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Rikkitik 14:31:38 10/17/19 (8)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - KanedaK 00:10:33 10/24/19 (0)
- Luckily, it didn't cause a house fire. - FenderLover 17:27:23 10/17/19 (3)
- RE: Luckily, it didn't cause a house fire. - Rikkitik 19:17:41 10/17/19 (2)
- Was it made in China? NT - RGA 19:56:35 10/17/19 (1)
- RE: Was it made in China? NT - Rikkitik 20:13:10 10/17/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - RGA 17:22:54 10/17/19 (0)
- Great customer service-Avoid Belles it seems. - hawkmoon 15:41:32 10/17/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Sondek 14:48:59 10/17/19 (0)
- Wow is right. So sorry for your misfortune. nt - viridian 13:09:32 10/17/19 (1)
- RE: Wow is right. So sorry for your misfortune. nt - Rikkitik 20:25:52 10/17/19 (0)
- RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear - Story 13:07:59 10/17/19 (0)