Peavey 6505+ No Power Quandary

[@jeffallen3382]

I got a 50 year old story for you. 🤣 When I was about 5 years old we had a black & white TV that in order to adjust the vertical hold (which needed adjusting all the time) you had to insert a 12 inch long screw driver to adjust it... But don't slip as it would zap you big time! 🤣 I hated that TV!

[@guitarc.p.r.9675]

The worst shock I ever got was in my very early days. The most convenient place for me to practice at the kitchen table. There was an outlet for my little LINE OPPERATED power transformerless amplifier just behind the chair at the end of the table, and I could lay my instruction book on the table. Sounds like a good plan right? All was well until I put my right palm against the side of my forehead and rested my elbow on the Gas range with electric clock.....of course I still had my left hand on the strings of the guitar. I remember seeing a blue flash, internal of course , as the ground on the stove collided with the voltage present on the ground of the amp. Which naturally passed through the side of my head most likely across my optical nerves to my left hand. I never did that again. Also learned do not play barefoot on concrete with the same amp. :) Kids these days don't know what they are missing.

[@jeffallen3382]

@@guitarc.p.r.9675 oh shit! That had to hurt! I can kinda relate to that internal shock. I have to get neck injections for some pinched nerves... One time the doc hit a nerve with the needle and it felt like I was getting hit with a 220v line. That hurt like a biotch!

[@guitarc.p.r.9675]

Once I saw the head amp tech at the store I worked at as a guitar guy take roughly 750 volts ac. I was doing some of the amp work and had an Ampeg V22 power transformer unhooked to check out. I had the ac on and ready to test when he came in the door. As he took off his jacket he asked what I was into, I replied I was about to check voltages on this transformer. He spun around with an "I'll do it!" before I could say anything he picked up the meter leads in each hand and latched onto the B+. It quickly knocked him backwards onto the stairs behind us. I asked if he was alright, he was a little pale, and shook. He said Yeah, but it felt like someone was hitting him in the chest with a baseball bat. After a cigarette and some coffee he was fine fortunately. He stopped in to see me last year, Had not seen him for about 30 yrs. Fine and doing well. We laughed about us both still being at it.

[@jeffallen3382]

@@guitarc.p.r.9675 electricity is to be respected!