Just has a little scare

[biddi4]

Just had a little scare!

Powered up my roadster to spongy, in standby.
Let it warm up around two minutes.
Flipped standby to on.
Was in channel 1 with output at bedroom level.
Strummed one chord....nothing!
Checked the output to make sure it wasn't all the way down but it wasn't. It was at 9.
Immediately flipped back down to standby.
total time on, 45 seconds.

Checked the cabinet connection found the jack only partially connected (out about a 1/4 inch)
Plugged it in immediately and everything seems fine. Transformers feel cool to the touch, turned the amp up very loud with no unusual sounds.

Might I have done some damage?

 

[knotts]

I doubt it. Maybe took a few months off the power tubes worst case.

 

[biddi4]

That's what I like to hear.
But I've read so many bad stories.
I wonder how I may have gotten lucky

 

[elvis]

I forget to plug in my speaker pretty often, and have never had a problem. Granted, I generally figure it out in about 2 seconds and at pretty low volume.