G3 just finished but blowing fuse

  • Hi.
    I've just finished building the Blues G3 AMP.
    I went over the build and check all was ok and powered it up without the connections B and C unattached to the lugs 18 on the board top and bottom as described but the fuse just blows.
    I checked the components again and checked for possible shorts but can't see anything wrong.
    I have continuity between the two red cables from the main power transformer is that correct?.
    If anyone has any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this i would be very greatfull.
    It's my first attempt at building anything like this!.
    I'll go over it again tomorrow after giving my brain a rest and will post the fault if i find it.
    Thanks in advance.

    Pete.

  • Hi Flavio.
    Thanks for taking the time to reply and offer to help.
    This morning I looked at it again from the start of the build and found a massive big mistake! I had not done the important bit of bending the leads of the Bridge Rectifier over!.
    So no more blown fuse and all looks good there now so far apart from a massive electric shock whilst de-soldering and holding the chassis lol, i won't do that that again :-).
    My cheap multimeter is bouncing all over the place so I must get a new one before continuing with the other measurements so fingers crossed that's the only problem.

    Thanks once again.

    Pete.

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