[HAM] Vedr. Re: Voltage and HZ issues

[Ivar Berg]

--- Matti Kari <maza at maza.fi> skrev:

> Hi,
> 
> >> Got a question about the latest member of my
> family:
> >> An English assembly Leslie 222RW:
> >> All though I live in Europe, my gear runs on
> American
> >> 117V 60HZ thanks to a Trek II converter inside my
> B3.
> >> Would like the Low Boy to hook up. I&#8217;ve
> tested
> >> the little boy by swapping amps with an American
> made
> >> 122, and it worked well.
> >> So I wonder: Would just a replacement of the
> >> transformer on the Leslie-amp do the trick, or am
> I in
> >> the land of big technical issues? I ask as a
> non-tech
> >> musician.
> 
> I'd rather rewire the Leslie socket on your B-3 to
> 230VAC for powerin 
> the Leslie (which I guess you have in Norway too?)
> and leave the speaker 
> itself untouched. You would also save the cost of
> the transformer and 
> new pulleys, too, and the Leslie would still remain
> compatible with 
> other units seen in Europe.
> 
> I've been planning to replace the power tranny on my
> US-made 22H and 
> rewire my organ as described above. Currently I have
> a huge 600W power 
> transformer for both the organ and Leslie + a
> frequency converter for 
> the generator motors.
> 
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> 
It might be a good idea. The organ has two sockets.
One is used by my US 122. Don,t know how the second
one is wired, but it's not in use. Some wiring issues
then, leaving the Leslies as is...
Twin speakers for my Hammond, hm...


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