you guys are onto something interesting here... It sorta looks like if a guy had a STANCOR P-8378 power transformer he would indeed have the one size fits all Wreck transformer. I don't have the hard evidence to support it but I wouldn't be surprised if this is what was used or similar to what was inside those early Rockets...M Fowler wrote:Yes that Stancor has dual HT secondary and would work well.redshark wrote:RJ I hope the specs of the PT are according to the specs of the Stancor P-8378 cause then that will be a PT that can be used with rocket, express or Liverpool!! including the recto 5v tap.
One thing I do not find when thumbing through the Stancor transformer book is a PT that does not have a 5v filament winding except for vary low mA rating PT's.
One thing that I did hear from my TW history connection was that the STANCORS were not consistent in quality and some had a tendency to overheat. This combined with the fact that they were no longer in production would be good inspiration for KF to work with Pacific to develop the standard Wreck trannies we are familiar with now. I just can't figure out any reason why he would not have had them add the 5V tap, but maybe it would make sense if I knew the whole story??
In my discussions with Patrick at MM in cloning the A-3801 tranny he did mention that it was not really a very well made transformer. Might explain the reason why KF said he would listen to each one and sort them by their characteristic sound - something like "bluesy, jazzy, etc.."