Howdy guys,
I'm lookin for help once again ha.
Working on a Fender Twin 135w model that a friend brought to me.
He tried to recap it himself and put one of the filter caps backwards, turned it on and the amp went up in smoke, he asked if I would look at it.
Once opened the carling switch was fried.
I rewired the filter section under the dog house, replaced the screen grid resistors, and plate load resistors, the phase inverter bypass caps.
The amp sounds great however there is this large 120hz hum that is present when amp is on and no instrument plugged in. I can remove all preamp tubes and the sound persists. The sound only goes away when the power tubes are removed. (Tried a new matched quad pair, didn't fix the sound)
When checking on the scope the signal is strong and healthy right past the PI to the grids of the output tubes.
Testing at the jack the noise is there.
I'm wondering if he messed up the OT during the short.
-Tried disconnecting the NFB
-Measured the heater voltages (all normal)
-Retraced all my connections on the Filter board
-Chopstick test, nothing appears to be loose
Any other tests you can recommend?
Here are the voltages with his non matching quad (None of the tubes match)
V7
Plates 465
Screen 474
Control -46
Plate current 44mA
V8
Plate 461
Screen 474
Control -46
Plate current 50.2mA
V9
Plate 462
Screen 474
Control -46
Plate current 46.5mA
V10
Plate 462
Screen 474
Control -46
Plate current 58.8mA
Thank you guys! This one has been stumping me for days.