Accidentally plugged in one amp output into another amp output. How bad did I screw up?

Chubbs said:
John Shur has a story about Reb Beach running an amp with no load, di only on tour for a long time. I think it takes a while esp with matched tubes.
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A friend of mine blew the OT in his Orange Thunderverb almost immediately within the seconds it took him to realize the cab wasn’t plugged in.
 
I accidentally did this with two tube amps. Heard a noise from a transformer and stopped playing and figured it out. No permanent damage.
 
Getting older, I now have a piece of painters tape over my amps' on and standby switches that says, "Check the speakers!" for amps that I swap in and out or change the cab.... to remind myself and avoid no load outcomes.
 
Soundstorm said:
A friend of mine blew the OT in his Orange Thunderverb almost immediately within the seconds it took him to realize the cab wasn’t plugged
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Man that just seems like such poor design. Why do they even make amps like this? Is there no fail safe that can be incorporated in the OT or something? I don't know anything about amps btw, clearly lol.
 
Soundstorm said:
A friend of mine blew the OT in his Orange Thunderverb almost immediately within the seconds it took him to realize the cab wasn’t plugged in.
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Hmm I wonder if that’s an amp design thing, transformer thing, or luck. Seems uncharacteristic but I know Marshall’s.
 
PaintChipsAreVegan said:
that OT was ready to go for some other reason

that should not happen in any non-shit circuit with any half decent components
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I’m not sure how he had it set up, but it’s worth noting that the Thunderverbs have an onboard attenuator and he might’ve had the MV cranked.
 
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