Tweaker 40 Dead!

[Edwood]

Turned on my Tweaker 40 to Standby,Stayed on for about 3 Minutes, Then the standby light went out ,Now it's dead! The small fuse in the back Is fine. Any thoughts, Thank you, Eddie

 

[Sirloin]

Take it as a sign.

Could be any number of things that would be tough to determine without taking it to a qualified tech. I would say tubes first, but if it went dark that may or may not be your problem. Broken solder joint, dead mains transformer, etc.

 

[jlagrassa]

My friend had issues with his tweaker 40, the mains fuse is located inside the plug socket its located just under the plug if that is blown replace it if it blows again you have a bad power transformer.... its a known issue with that amp and is a warranty repair.

 

[Edwood]

Fuse is good!

 

[Razor]

I previously owned a Tweaker 40 and it had the same issue. It was under warranty, so I turned it in to an authorized service center for repair. It ended up being the transformer.

 

[Edwood]

Got it on Reverb,so I'm screwed. I'll take it to Billy Penn and let him put it Mercury Transformers. I guess they never upgraded there transformers even when they knew they had problems,Nice!

 

[jlagrassa]

Got it on Reverb,so I'm screwed. I'll take it to Billy Penn and let him put it Mercury Transformers. I guess they never upgraded there transformers even when they knew they had problems,Nice!

they do have an upgraded transformer now but I would guess there are quite a few tweakers out there with that Issue, my friends amp has been fine since getting his transformer replaced.

 

[CASD]

you would think that this issue would've been solved years ago.. what is wrong with Egnator..they have a death wish ?
Solved I mean at the factory..before you even get the amps...

 

[LPVM]

It was a problem they had with the Tweaker 40 when they first came out. They corrected it on later amps. Unfortunately big box stores sold a lot of them so there are probably still some out there on the used market waiting to go Pfffftt! The Tweaker 15's never had the problem.

 

[Tuberattler]

I'd still contact the maker, the worst they could do is say they can't help or won't warranty.

 

[Rod]

Does anyone know what the serial#s were on the early ones with transformer issues?
Could you all that had transformer issues chime in with the serial #s of your amps?