relay is the least of your worries.

This occurs mostly in older amps such as crest and BGW. In fact if you
short a side of finals in a crest 8001 you automatically replace the
relay. Again part of "correct" repair procedures. Many modern pro amps
also have switching power supplies, they have no speaker relays, it
just drops the power supply.

Chad


seems like they would have protected that relay with a $0.01 fuse.