Thread: Losing Jaguars? What are the common reasons why it burns out?
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Re: Losing Jaguars? What are the common reasons why it burns out?
We've had several Jaguars burn out for no apparent reason -- no shorts, no fried FETs, no nothing, they just quit (or in two cases refused to supply more than about 4.5 volts). We've had two (including a black Jag this year) die right out of the box the moment they were powered.

The only time we've ever had a Victor 884 fail was when a mentor who didn't know what he was doing shorted across the FETs with a multimeter. (He blew the fuse in the multimeter as well!)
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