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Jeff

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Unless you were on a cross country trip most amplifiers can still handle a covered heat sink for less then an hour. So while it's possible no, does not make sense. Is this your "600 watt" 4 pill from the other thread?

I was yacking and driving for close to 2 hours. So if it was not heat related then what was it? I mean the heat sink was painful to touch, I could smell the leather/burning smell. you could even see where the heat sink had changed colors around the pills.

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I remember when the 1446 transistors were $15 a piece just 4 years ago. The Asian countries are bleeding this country dry.

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Jeff

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there is no dark side in the moon, really. As a matter of fact it's all dark

Yea........2 hours of heavy talking covered would do it covered like that the more I think about it. Is it a Palomar 400 or 450? At H&Y a new 450 with 1446 finals is 239. You will probably need to do all 4 finals and maybe even some other burnt parts. You might have 175-200 in it to get it fixed right.

I would list it on E-bay as for parts or repair, you might get 25-50 bucks. Combine that with the repair money and you can go new.

Palomars are throw away amps...use them till they blow then throw em out and buy another one.

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Trayvon Martin played the gangsta and died like a gangsta.
Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee played by the rules and was forced to resign.

Yup, Palomar is one small step above Boomer Amps and Boomer's are just above junk.