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In Reply to: I'll be adding a fuse in addition to the choke posted by Gofast on July 17, 2006 at 18:47:14:
Hi ,
What good will a fuse be ? If a fuse could react in the correct manner , Leak would have used one . Right ? A fuse does NOT react to heat . The resistor is there to thermally protect the mains transformer . Start fitting fuses and chokes and you are asking for trouble . To recap1. Fitting a low DCR choke in place of the resistor as prescribed will increase the HT , in turn the valves will draw more current and the strain upon the mains transformer will increase .
2. The resistor is there to thermally protect the mains transformer
3. The mains transformer is under rated !So think about what you are doing ! Leak built these amps to a price , the output transformers are good but the mains transformers marginal
If you absolutely MUST fit a choke , fit a thermal cutout to the mains transformer
cheers
...FB
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Follow Ups
- That's still not a good idea ! - fatbottle 02:15:53 07/18/06 (3)
- Good old Leak. eh? - Ray Moth 01:31:10 07/20/06 (2)
- Re: Good old Leak. eh? - fatbottle 03:25:29 07/20/06 (1)
- Re: Good old Leak. eh? - Ray Moth 10:01:20 07/22/06 (0)
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