Weber power transformer?

[chuckb]

Hey guys, I just purchased a weber power transformer form a guy on Ebay. He stated in his auction that it was a Bassman PT. It turns out its a PT for a vibrolux,vibrolux reverb,tremolux. My question is,what is a good OT with 4,8 and 16 ohm taps that will match this PT?

Chuck.

[GrungeMan]

Go to Triode Electronics they have Tranny's made by Magnetic Components. There you will find OT model # 40-18006 which is about 35watts it has a 4k primary and 4, 8, 16ohm secondary taps.

Grungy

[JoeM]

Allen amps has some nice OTs too.

Allen Amplification - Parts Order Page

[hasserl]

Well, I'd check the Weber OT's for those same amps for one. FOr another, try Edcor, they've got a good selection of trannies, they are very nicely made and priced very reasonably: EDCOR - Browse Catagories

[chuckb]

Thanks guys for the links. I'll order one from Weber.

[catnine]

I really only have experience with old fender tranny's and they were fine . I did wonder why my 74 SF champ had more secondary leads than the schem shows yet it was original , a few leads were just taped back and not used I never did check what they were , all I know is it was not a 120/240 PT and I have lost all the photo's of that amp .

The other trannies I have used were Weber and some give them a bad rap . I spoke to Ted about three years ago perhaps 4 and did exchange emails with him often and he took the time to answer every question . I think his transformers are well made , now they are not quite are polished on the outside as others yet I have yet to have a problem with them and they are running well in 5 amps I built mostly 6G2 and champ builds and his champ/princeton PT has a higher rating on the mA of the HT and the heaters and the 5 volt is 3 amp. He told me they were made in China yet built of his own specs based on the original fender tranny's he had taken apart. His speakers are also great and I have no idea where the sig series are made . Webers PT for a champ is 100 mA HT secondary and 4 amp 6.3 and 3 amp 5 volt and fender is 70 mA HT 2 amp 6.3 and 2 amp 5 volt even in the push /pull 6G2 princeton after an hour full up it only got warm.

I have used Allen amp tranny's for one build pt and ot and they are great by heyboer per Allens specs . And I have used allen amps OT for the large SE OT on another parallel SE 6V6 5F2-A. Allen Amps for the money are a great deal .Allen Amps tranny's just get warm never hot. I have his TP-25 PT in a 6G2/5E3 and can run 2 6L6's and a GZ-34 rect and two 12--7's and still it just gets slightly warmer than when using 2 6V6's and a 5Y3 and 2 12--7's. I have Allen Amps TO TP-25 which is like the new TO-26 with different secondaries in this build .

Then I have used Hammond and for some odd reason beginning with a 6V6 kit whcih included good componants I build a kit whcih used a pre- punched Hammond chassis and Hammond PT and OT that had 3 secondary taps and the amp sounded so so yet the PT always got hotter than hell . I then decided to build the parallel 6V6 SE 5f2-a and got a hammond PT rated even higher than the one I used from weber for a 6G2 build and the Hammond PT even though rated higher still got so hot I had to use a small fan . The Weber PT just gets warm . The Hammond OT is an open no bell OT that is very common but the Allens amps TO11C blew it out of the water.