
Re: Vox AC30 cc2 skjuter säkringar
This is what Lyle Caldwell said about it on the forum: Vintageamps.com
http://www.vintageamps.com/plexiboard/v ... =2&t=75667Do not use the Standby switch on an AC30TB/TBX or CC. It is not needed, and can damage the rectifier tube due to inrush current and a voltage spike that over time will cause the tube to fail.
Do not use it. Ever. Just don't. It's dumb.
Lyle Caldwell :
The current inrush is one issue, and could be fixed just by adding series diodes to the rectifier from the PT secondaries.
But there is also a voltage spike (over 700v) which can damage the rectifier tube, the output transformer, the filter caps, and the standby switch itself, though the rectifier tube is the most likely one to fail.
This can also be addressed with a varistor across the switch.
But how many mods must one make to safeguard a non-needed switch?
I posted this in a less technically-inclined forum, but I think it explains the issue well:
Lyle Caldwell :
Better for the amp if you either just leave it on with the master down or turn it off until 5 minutes before you start playing. Standby offers no benefit but every time you engage the standby switch there is a large current inrush and voltage spike. This gradually damages the GZ34 and eventually the filter caps and output tubes. Nominal B+ on these amps is about 325vdc, and the filter caps are rated 400-500vdc. When you flip the standby switch, voltage spikes of over 700vdc with brief but heavy current surges are common. These put undue stress on the parts mentioned above, as well as eventually causing the switch itself to fail.
Lyle Caldwell :
Sometimes its a lot of fun when the spike/surge causes the rectifier tube to actually arc weld itself. You get a light show and a funky smell. The light show is over fast, but that smell lingers. And sometimes it takes out other parts of the power circuit! Yay!
And the reason people tell you TO use standby is so there is no instantaneous plate voltage on the tubes until the heater filaments in the tubes are warmed up. Thing is, no B+ (plate supply) flows in these amps until the filaments in the GZ34 have warmed up themselves, by which time every other tube in the amp also has its filaments heated.
So there is no valid reason to use standby, but lots of empirical, explainable, and predictable reasons not to.
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Yesterday, I asked an old friend who has been repairing tube amps for
40 years to make sure about all that.
He answered Lyle Caldwell is 100% right after having a look at the cch
schematic.
Voila why I will never use it again!!!!