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smoke from a pre-amp. why?

The other day smoke started coming out of my rc-995 pre amp. Then it died. Needless to say, it's on its way back to Rotel, but I wondered if anyone had any theories or opinions on why this could have happened. I had nothing unusual plugged into it, volume was normal, the unit was on top of a cd player on a shelf with open sides and back and about 1 1/2 inches clearance before the next shelf above.
juliuskelp
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Capacitor failure. Juice comes out of the capacitor, spills on something hot and SMOKE. Once the cap is dead, the product usually stops working.
Capacitors can fail any old time. Usually they last a long, long time... but sometimes, just POOF!
tarsando
578 posts
 
It doesn't mean it overheated. Some component failed (capacitor, resister, etc) would be my guess. Maybe an electronics engineer will see the question and have a better answer. Good Luck getting it fixed
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nrchy
2,111 posts
 
Or maybe it was to let you know that the coals were not quite ready for the BBQ?!
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