voltage selector...

[Sletnern]

I just bought myself a Laney Supergroup mk1 off eBay. It has had it's tranny changed from partride to hiwatt. Will ruud influence the voltage selector in any way?

 

[BassmanPaul]

I'm confused. I assume you mean Partridge but Hiwatt don't make transformers. They have them made for them. What country are you in that you would be concerned about voltage selection???

 

[Sletnern]

Then I guess it is the same make as the ones in Hiwatt amps then, I don't really know much about this stuff. I'm in Norway(240 volts) and the amp was last used in the US...

 

[BassmanPaul]

So you're importing the amp from the US. The amp has two transformers: power and output. If the exchange was done correctly then the functionality of the amp should be similar. All of the Hiwatt amps I have seen do have a tapped primary on the power transformer so it should be switchable. I would suggest, seriously, that before you try to connect this amp to power that you have a tech give it a look over. Let him do the switch for you and make sure the amp is safe to use. Via Ebay you can never be sure of what you have until you have it in your own hands.

I would have thought that bringing a UK amp into Europe from the States would not be a financially viable process. Surely there are these amps floating around in Europe already, especially in the UK.

 

[Sletnern]

It sounds strange, but many of these old british amps are hard to come by. And Norway is expensive as hell. Too many rich people making the prices high!

Yeah, I will have a tech look at it!