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Alan, really I have used not as many as you haveA second word of warning is their mounting ears are shite
but a few and never thought that there was an issue with the mounting ears? But yes they do offer the stiffeners.You can bend them with your fingers bro......many have come out of the box bent. But they do at least hammer back real easy.M Fowler wrote:Alan, really I have used not as many as you haveA second word of warning is their mounting ears are shite
As much as I like Edcor trannies their mouting is very thin.
I must not be pushing the plates enough on my MC trannies because they get no more warmer then my Heyboers do which isn't hot.
Mark
It's not a problem that the PT will fail, it's the heat it generates radiating on other things that affect the tone. PT's can run way hotter than you could bear to touch and they will still be fine......it just doesn't give you that warm fuzzy feeling.Structo wrote:Yeah it's kind of strange.
Yesterday while playing, I had the volume and master both around 10:00.
Then I use the Dumbleator output pot to control the actual volume I hear.
I was surprised at how warm the PT got.
Of course MC won't fess up but I think the only reason it would get warm is because it is a bit low in the specs for the current handling.
Maybe they use thinner gauge wire than they should, I don't know but heat is usually a by product of under engineering.
Is that a good thing?'67_Plexi wrote:It's not a problem that the PT will fail, it's the heat it generates radiating on other things that affect the tone.Structo wrote:Yeah it's kind of strange.
Yesterday while playing, I had the volume and master both around 10:00.
Then I use the Dumbleator output pot to control the actual volume I hear.
I was surprised at how warm the PT got.
Of course MC won't fess up but I think the only reason it would get warm is because it is a bit low in the specs for the current handling.
Maybe they use thinner gauge wire than they should, I don't know but heat is usually a by product of under engineering.
Lets be honest, it not just these guys. Nearly all transformer companies supply with 'thinner than they should' be feet.Cliff Schecht wrote:I use big washers to stiffen up the weak legs on transformers. I haven't had a problem with cheaper legs bending when doing this.
Oh yeah I wasn't trying to point at Mag Comp in any way. One of my friends had a Phaez (sp?) amp shipped from his house in NY to Florida and by the time it got there, the Edcor iron had completely bent away from the chassis. The iron was still usable and it probably got dropped by USPS, but this shouldn't ever be an issue. The amp I shipped from Texas to New York got there fine.'67_Plexi wrote:Lets be honest, it not just these guys. Nearly all transformer companies supply with 'thinner than they should' be feet.Cliff Schecht wrote:I use big washers to stiffen up the weak legs on transformers. I haven't had a problem with cheaper legs bending when doing this.
Mr. C.M.N Sense BSc (ME) Hons has determined it's too thin.ChrisM wrote:How do you determine whats "thinner than should be"? Who's a mechanical engr here?
I guess my point is......if you look at a stock transformer that comes from the Far East thats fitted to say a Peavey, they are actually much stronger and have thick strips of metal about 1/8" welded across each side and reinforcing the mounting ears. The chassis would bend before the transformers shifted. If they can do it, why can't the US transformer manufacturers do it? Just a pet peeve I guess.Cliff Schecht wrote:The PT I ordered off of Allied came looking like that with the feet all bent up. I don't really care though, I just bend 'em back and plop it in the amp.
When I was a quality control inspector (SCUBA industry), I suggested a $0.05 modification to a product that sold for several hundred dollars and was told that the upgrade would have a negative impact on the price point. Never mind that it would have saved several hundred units of returns but, hey, I was just the QC guy...'67_Plexi wrote:If they can do it, why can't the US transformer manufacturers do it? Just a pet peeve I guess.
