Hello,
I have a question about the Weber international power transformer (W022772INT) I bought for my old Blackface Vibro Champ.
Once hooked up I put on my amp, but there was no sound untill I saw some smoke coming out of my Vibro Champ. I opened up the amp and saw one of the green fillament wires had started to melt.
Now this is how I hooked up the PT, I'm in Belgium, which means 230V:
2 Red wires to 4 and 6 on the 5Y3GT tube
2 Yellow wires to 2 and 8 on the 5Y3GT tube
1 Black wire to the fuse
1 Gray wire to the on/off switch
1 Green/Yellow wire twisted together with 1 Red/Yellow wire to ground.
So far so good I guesse...
But then the 2 Green fillament wires come in. I hooked up 1 wire to the 6,3V pilot light and the other green wire to the ground of the 6,3V pilot light (eventhough there was only one green wire on the original power transformer).
And that's when it strated smoking and so the grounded green wire started to melt...
Now I unsoldered that wire, switched the amp back on and I have no sound at all. The amp turns on, pilot light lights up, but there is no sound...
What did I do wrong and what should I do?
Thanks a lot and all my best,
Bram
I have a question about the Weber international power transformer (W022772INT) I bought for my old Blackface Vibro Champ.
Once hooked up I put on my amp, but there was no sound untill I saw some smoke coming out of my Vibro Champ. I opened up the amp and saw one of the green fillament wires had started to melt.
Now this is how I hooked up the PT, I'm in Belgium, which means 230V:
2 Red wires to 4 and 6 on the 5Y3GT tube
2 Yellow wires to 2 and 8 on the 5Y3GT tube
1 Black wire to the fuse
1 Gray wire to the on/off switch
1 Green/Yellow wire twisted together with 1 Red/Yellow wire to ground.
So far so good I guesse...
But then the 2 Green fillament wires come in. I hooked up 1 wire to the 6,3V pilot light and the other green wire to the ground of the 6,3V pilot light (eventhough there was only one green wire on the original power transformer).
And that's when it strated smoking and so the grounded green wire started to melt...
Now I unsoldered that wire, switched the amp back on and I have no sound at all. The amp turns on, pilot light lights up, but there is no sound...
What did I do wrong and what should I do?
Thanks a lot and all my best,
Bram