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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: Tiny_Daddy on April 17, 2010, 11:27:09 am

Title: Bugera madness
Post by: Tiny_Daddy on April 17, 2010, 11:27:09 am

Bugera 333XL, made in China, started smoking. Reason is, there are six (count 'em, 6) thermistor surge limiters in series on a small circuit board. One came loose and the arcing started, damaging a small place on the circuit board. Problem is, they no longer have solderable leads. I tried polishing one a bit but that didn't help. So I will be replacing all six with Thermometrics CL50.

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: birt on April 17, 2010, 12:19:28 pm

behringer.

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: FYL on April 17, 2010, 02:46:38 pm

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Bugera 333XL, made in China, started smoking.

In Italian:
buggerare (transitive): to swindle or cheat
buggera: (he) cheats

Cheap cheat BTW, Uri has dropped a G...

 

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: Jack1962 on April 17, 2010, 06:29:10 pm

Oh yea the wonderful behringer booger amps, aren't they wonderful lol lol lol lol

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: jcm-jmp on April 18, 2010, 01:14:08 pm

lol It seems the beri-booger camp has made it's mark in Tinny's camp as well. dont you just love those things!!!

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: Jack1962 on April 18, 2010, 04:22:49 pm

They are a great example of fine work they do in China  :laugh:

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: alerich on April 18, 2010, 08:18:42 pm

One of my daughter's friends has a blown up Bugera which I offered to look at and repair if I could only for the cost of parts. I am not disappointed that he has not yet taken me up on my offer. I can only imagine what the inside of one of those looks like.

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: jerrydyer on April 19, 2010, 11:14:04 am

this is a very hot topic on the other forums. we will see these coming to tech by the 100's. pure junk made in sweat shops (not real sweat shops but slave labor communist china, you get the idea)   :cry:

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: FYL on April 19, 2010, 12:06:46 pm

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not real sweat shops but slave labor communist china

No need to go to China, just have a look at your friendly neighborhood penal establishment.

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: alerich on April 19, 2010, 06:38:47 pm

In all fairness to Bugera and Chinese built equipment I'm just as loathe to go inside a modern Peavey built right here in the good ol' U S of A.

Title: Re: Bugera madness
Post by: gldtp99 on April 19, 2010, 06:57:22 pm

Wait until you get a chance to work inside a Chinese-made Peavey tube amp----- such as the Windsor 100 watt head................gldtp99