Cheap or expensive? Repair of Crown XLS 802

Requiem wrote: Got a problem with a Crown XLS 802, was wondering is anyone had an idea of what could be wrong, if theres an easy fix i could try myself (bearing in mind im not an electrician ) or what it might cost. It wasn't powering on at all so i took it apart myself hoping it might be in internal fuse, then found a burn mark on the roof of the amp and this melted corner on its counterpart on the amp internals. Anyone got any idea? leave it to a tech guy to carry out repair work....as you could make things worse if unsure on what to do... Get some quotes before taking it a long for repair...

On the plus side, it wasn't a great amp to start with!

The heatsinks are live as with most Crown amps and I don't think they make any attempt to insulate the top of them.  Would probably have required a reasonable weight on the lid to push it down though.

Worst case is that shorting the power rail to the case could have taken out the transformer.  I would offer to take a look but the turnaround time is likely to be quite long.

Thanks for your help guys, Yeah I took the lid off hoping it was a fuse which I could simply switch but doesnt seem to be as simple as that , cant find any internal fuses at all? there's not even one on the kettle lead input as there usually is on amps.

I am a techican and bought a XLS802 for parts with the same problem as yours.   The amp would power up with the blue light , but  the red fault light would stay on.  The top cover has touched the heatsinks and caused this. I took the amp apart and found one circuit trace had burnt open near the filter capacitors. I patched  the trace and the amp now works like acharm at full power. I was lucky that the output transistors was not damaged from the shorting when I checked them.