Tsa10

[Ron Rich]

All Seeburg fuses are noted for size and type in the Service Manual for the phono the amp was originally installed in. In most instances, the chassis of the unit is usually stamped near the fuse post with the correct use size --

[robnyc]

Mar 5, 2018 18:13:12 GMT grizzlydude said:

Could it be the power transformer?

The question here is: was the amp working at some point during the time you own it, and what was done to it before it started blowing fuses.  When a transformer fails due to overload-short there is usually a tell-tale burning odor and some boiling out of the coil doping.  Do you smell anything directly at the transformer?

I personally see no point in buying the redcap fuses.  Carefully cut away the remnants of the blown original fuse and use a typical 1A-slow 1/4in type:

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  FWIW: those amps will generally hold up using a 3/4A-slow if you are not running it with a full load of external speakers and volume 'wide open".

RobNYC

[Ron Rich]

Rob,
The "point" of buying "Red cap" (GMQ) fuses was--"the law". In order to sell items in some nanny states "Non-tamp" fuses were required, by the state, and UL. I think that was dropped when the powers that be, realized that no mater what was done, there is no such thing as "non-tamper-able" anything ?
I still replace them with the correct type/size fuse, as I have seen the "modified" ones you describe become intermittent-- Ron Rich

[migman903]

When I first recived the machine the amp was working for about 10 min. Lol

[Ron Rich]

If that's the case, (you did not tell us that you just got the phono),look at any wires connected to the amp--Nothing but the red/blue/black (ground) and the yellow/green terminal screws, should have anything connected to them--if so, these should not, but, can cause the fuse to blow ! Ron Rich

[migman903]

Ok , well I have had this machine a week .It was in a storage for 10yrs+ still full of records. When I brought it home I greased mech and cleaned a few dusty contacts and she played 2 songs for me and then it blew a fuse at some point because next record she picked up just spun with no sound and now no reject , so I put new fuse in and then she blew it and the main phono fuse. And that sir brings us up to present time. No there is nothing hooked up wrong I don't think anyway, I have yellow and green hooked to single terminal strip , then the other three are hooked to terminal strips on the side of the tsa10.

[Ron Rich]

Once again--what size/type fuse did you replace the blown one with --what size/type fuse was the original blown one ? Ron Rich