Kit horror stories

[Brian Conrad]

My first kit I built was the Dynaco ST - 120 power amp. I assembled it carefully, visually checked
EVERYTHING Five times - Then took a step back - held my breath - and turned on the power 
switch. A little blue flame appeared out of the top of the chassis [it's perforated]. Of course I didn't beleive my eyes!!  So I shut it down - bewildered.  After a few moments [an eternity] I tried again.  Same result. I ended up sending the output board back to Dynaco - it was a faulty transistor feeding too much current through a resistor!
                                                                    Brian

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