| Author | Message | ||
     Peter Levett (Leftyguitars) Senior Member Username: Leftyguitars Post Number: 199 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 195.93.21.2 |
Hey Graham, how did you get your photos to go round the corner? | ||
| Gary Clauson (Doctorwho) Senior Member Username: Doctorwho Post Number: 1487 Registered: 06-2002 Posted From: 66.229.61.99 |
Here (finally) are the pictures of the inside of my transformer:   Graham, it is my opinion that yours is actually a Type 2, as the bulbs are not like mine (mine has a JH [!] date code, August 1970, which predates yours) and that it has been modified at least a little (the jack for the transformer should be a DIN jack like this:  | ||
| Graham Griffiths (8mileshigh) Senior Member Username: 8mileshigh Post Number: 304 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 62.164.179.131 |
Thanks Gary - mine has the bulbs with 2 pins at the base which push into the board. Do you know where I can source these from? | ||
| Gary Clauson (Doctorwho) Senior Member Username: Doctorwho Post Number: 1490 Registered: 06-2002 Posted From: 64.168.183.122 |
Sorry, I don't. You might try Newark Electronics' website and see if you can match it up with a currently available bulb. I think this link gets you to a 'bulb search' page: http://www.newark.com/NewarkWebCommerce/newark/en_US/endecaSearch/searchPage2.jsp?x=2&OrgTT=bulb&newSearch=true&Nty=1&N=1000104+4&y=7&=gensearch&No=0&Ntt=bulb&Ntk=gensearch&comSearch=true | ||
| Graham Griffiths (8mileshigh) Senior Member Username: 8mileshigh Post Number: 305 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 62.164.178.176 |
Thanks Gary | ||
| John Hall (Johnhall) Senior Member Username: Johnhall Post Number: 991 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 64.105.135.123 |
Graham's is most certainly a "Type One" model. His power supply appears genuine, except that the low voltage cable, plug and socket have been replaced. The DIN plug and socket on these was a fairly obscure one, difficult to match exactly. The power supplies on these are both 18 volts but the type One didn't require as much current and the connections were on different pins to preclude using the incorrect supply. However, it's easy to make a universal supply by choosing a transformer that's capable of delivering a minimum of about 30 watts, connecting one side to pin 5 of the DIN plug and the other side to pins 1 and 4. The originals did not have a fuse and the input diodes probably provided a rudimentary fuse function, but it certainly would be cheap insurance to put a fuse on both the input and output side of the circuit. | ||
| Graham Griffiths (8mileshigh) Senior Member Username: 8mileshigh Post Number: 307 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 62.164.182.21 |
Thanks Mr H. | ||
| John Minutaglio (Jsm610) Senior Member Username: Jsm610 Post Number: 199 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 66.135.163.170 |
Thanks much to all. I now have everything working. The 'new' transformer box, total cost was about $15:    Go figure, you get the right power into this thing and it lights up, and now the dimmer knob actually does something.  | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) Senior Member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 1214 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 220.240.241.114 |
That's a great result, John. We now know that the lights work, so how does it play? Are the lights distracting at all? | ||
| Kenny Howes (Kennyhowes) Senior Member Username: Kennyhowes Post Number: 775 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 64.105.135.123 |
FWIW, my 331 plays like The Truth, baby - really slim neck and great for any style. The lights aren't the least bit distracting. |
