audiodon
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I got a new power transformer for my HK Chorale A260 from Heyboer.
I'd ruined the old one trying to get rid of some buzz in the power transformer. Power transformer buzz is one of my pet peeves and I have a couple of systems where the amp's right next to me and the buzz gets on my nerves.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=416045&highlight=Chorale
It's been sitting for months with the transformer here but I just injured myself doing something foolish the other day and can't do the late summer projects I'd usually do, so I had time to put the transformer in today.
This isn't a center tap transformer. It's an 8 lead power transformer. It came back new with two black, two red, two green and two white.
Everything ohmed out Ok so I twisted up all the pairs.
After applying power through the variac, I learned that the green wires, though the thickest, are the 6VAC filament wire and the white is for the negative bias circuit. The reds provide power to the rectifier in the power supply. The black are the transformer primaries.
Ok, so I put it all together according to my drawing of how I'd cut out the old wires to the old transformer before sending it to Heyboer for replacement.
I wasn't sure everything would work correctly, but it works like a champ.
Now that I know it works, should I cut the wire pairs to length and resolder?
I ran all twisted pairs against the outside of the chassis until I needed to pull them in to get to their termination points. The power to the diode bridge for B+, the fil and bias wire pairs didn't have a lot of slack - just a couple inches. Winding the wire took up a lot of it.
The Primary has two black wires and I left them the full foot long though I only need about three to five inches. I doubled over the rest of the twisted pair upon itself, leaving a crushed loop of twisted pair wire carring 120VAC. Should I clip them to proper length and resolder them to their respective thermisters?
What about the couple inches of slack on the others?
Thanks in advance.
What about the others. Some have a couple of inches of slack. Should I leave them?
I'd ruined the old one trying to get rid of some buzz in the power transformer. Power transformer buzz is one of my pet peeves and I have a couple of systems where the amp's right next to me and the buzz gets on my nerves.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=416045&highlight=Chorale
It's been sitting for months with the transformer here but I just injured myself doing something foolish the other day and can't do the late summer projects I'd usually do, so I had time to put the transformer in today.
This isn't a center tap transformer. It's an 8 lead power transformer. It came back new with two black, two red, two green and two white.
Everything ohmed out Ok so I twisted up all the pairs.
After applying power through the variac, I learned that the green wires, though the thickest, are the 6VAC filament wire and the white is for the negative bias circuit. The reds provide power to the rectifier in the power supply. The black are the transformer primaries.
Ok, so I put it all together according to my drawing of how I'd cut out the old wires to the old transformer before sending it to Heyboer for replacement.
I wasn't sure everything would work correctly, but it works like a champ.
Now that I know it works, should I cut the wire pairs to length and resolder?
I ran all twisted pairs against the outside of the chassis until I needed to pull them in to get to their termination points. The power to the diode bridge for B+, the fil and bias wire pairs didn't have a lot of slack - just a couple inches. Winding the wire took up a lot of it.
The Primary has two black wires and I left them the full foot long though I only need about three to five inches. I doubled over the rest of the twisted pair upon itself, leaving a crushed loop of twisted pair wire carring 120VAC. Should I clip them to proper length and resolder them to their respective thermisters?
What about the couple inches of slack on the others?
Thanks in advance.
What about the others. Some have a couple of inches of slack. Should I leave them?