TAD 5F6 Tweed bassman transformer Voltage to High?

[wildeman]

I want to buy a TAD 5F6 Tweed bassman power transformer with the folowing specs. Is 2 x 245V way to high or is even better soundwise.
Normal this should be 2X 320-330V . Wall voltage is 230V.

Primary: #72500
240V Brown
230V Black
220V Grey
0V White

Secondary:
345V@200mA Red
52V Blue
0V Green/Yellow
345V Red

3,15V@5.5A Green
0V Green/Yellow
3,15V Green

5V@6A Yellow
0V Yellow

[martin manning]

I think you will get a better result by keeping the voltage lower rather than higher.

You can lower it a bit (4.2%) by using the 240V primary at 230V, which will lower the secondary to 330-0-330 at 200mA.

You could also look for a Hammond 290DEX, which has 325V @230mA secondaries with a 240V primary. The 5F6A schematic shows 430V on the plates, which is at idle. A full-load voltage around 310 would be ideal, and that's about what you would get from a 290DX with a 230V input.

[wildeman]

Thank You Martin. I go for the Hammond. Would a 310-0-310V PT bring me even closer?

[martin manning]

If the 310V is at 200mA, and the rated primary voltage is 240 then I think that would be a bit too low.

[Structo]

You can check out the specifications here.

It isn't an export (240v) power transformer but you can check out the secondary voltage and current specs on the secondaries.

http://www.classictone.net/Fender-Tweed ... rmers.html