Help! I'm getting shocked! (repost from comment board forum) [message #4917] |
Sat, 02 October 2004 11:07 |
jsoffron
Messages: 2 Registered: October 2004
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I wasn't sure whether this message should go in here or in the comment board, so I'm putting it in both...I hope I don't offend by doing that; I'm just kind of desperate to get some help, because I'm in the midst of doing some recording and I could really use this amp to do what I'm trying to do.
I've got a K200 b5 PA head, and a big problem. I've been using the amp for guitar for several years now (though a 2x15 trace elliot bass cab, incidentally, which makes a really nice combination) but haven't been able to use it for the past 6 months or so because whenever I plug it in it shocks me. It shocks me whenever I touch metal parts on the amp, but it also shocks me even when I'm playing the guitar, straight though the guitar (i.e. if I touch the strings or metal parts on the guitar, I get a shock). It's not like I get a short, isolated shock, either - it's more like current constantly running out of the amp and into my body. It hasn't killed me - yet - but it definitely puts the fear into me.
This is both very frustrating, because I love the sound of the amp, and probably very dangerous. Does anyone know what this could be? It has the original 2 prong power cable...could changing this to a 3 prong be enough to fix it? Could it be something else? When I took it out of the chasis and looked at it, I didn't see any loose wires. I'm not an electrician, though, and those are some pretty big caps, so I didn't really root around at all...I just looked to see if there was anything that was obviously awry.
*Any* tips or suggestions would be very, very appreciated. I'm afraid that the cost of repairing it will overshadow the cost of replacing it, so I want to get any info I can before I decide what to do.
Incidentally - the serial number is 27628, if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance-
-jake.
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