howdy folks, i got a silly question.
I am restoring an old tube bass amp i found locally on craigslist. Massive hammond iron. I emailed hammond and they indicated the units used in the amp were custom ordered. anywhoo. When trying to determine the windings ratio i found on one of the secondary taps the ratio is way off and its eating up some of the input voltage. (sags to 13.2V from 15.3v the other tap there is no sag in input voltage) one tap gives me a good turn ratio of 18.5:1 (8ohm) the other is giving me 38:1 (which would work for a 2ohm load but its labelled as 16ohms).
Can i just remove the winding that seems to be fried and just use the 8ohm tap or will that eventually lead to more problems down the line?
I just recapped it and i was about to install new tubes after i figured out the winding ratios.
I am restoring an old tube bass amp i found locally on craigslist. Massive hammond iron. I emailed hammond and they indicated the units used in the amp were custom ordered. anywhoo. When trying to determine the windings ratio i found on one of the secondary taps the ratio is way off and its eating up some of the input voltage. (sags to 13.2V from 15.3v the other tap there is no sag in input voltage) one tap gives me a good turn ratio of 18.5:1 (8ohm) the other is giving me 38:1 (which would work for a 2ohm load but its labelled as 16ohms).
Can i just remove the winding that seems to be fried and just use the 8ohm tap or will that eventually lead to more problems down the line?
I just recapped it and i was about to install new tubes after i figured out the winding ratios.
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