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Old 29th July 2023, 11:04 AM
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Good morning all . having got my amp up and running it is time to get my kat 88 going again i am not at all confident with this amp as it is not tag board is there any one on here who could repair it for me .
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Old 29th July 2023, 01:21 PM
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Hi Steve, give our John Casswell a PM, just out of curiosity, what is the problem, I do fixes but only to amps I have data for. Bob
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Old 29th July 2023, 04:59 PM
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Hi bob. had a look inside it has a badly blown burnt resistor and slight damage to the pcb this is how i got it back from the person i let borrow it so could be more problems. i have not had it on power in case it did more harm.they said they broke a valve when it was on power .It is a wad kt88 power amp.
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Old 29th July 2023, 07:35 PM
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The problem sounds familiar, it may have taken a capacitor out too or given both resistor and cap a hard time, valves will need to be tested, and or replace. Your best bet is to contact John as I don't have the data for this amp, or may be others can help. Bob
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Old 29th July 2023, 09:12 PM
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Default Re: kt88 power amp repair

All published material on the WAD KiT/KaT88 kits is available in the archive.
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Old 29th July 2023, 09:37 PM
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Hi Steve,
If you can get it to me I should be able to fix it for you.

John
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Old 29th July 2023, 09:46 PM
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Many thanks John thats great I will get it packed up and i will pm you for your address
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