Hi all,
Recently I bought a McIntosh MC275 valve amp.
My first question to the seller was "is it 120 volts or 240. (Australia has 240)
He assured me it was 240 volts. A week later I bought it.
It came with an Australian power cord (fits straight into our power points). (He could have just thrown that in easy enough)
On the chassis above the power input it states 110~120 volts. The print on the PT says the same. Also has a 4 amp fuse which suits USA voltage. (Aust 240v requires a 2 amp fuse).
Ok...
I have a stepdown transformer which I used but valves barely light up with next to no heat and sound is quite distorted with no power.
Could it be that it really is 240 volts. Not wanting to fry it I'm not going to try it, but it does seem like it's only getting half the required voltage
So, at this stage it is in limbo.
Cheers,
Andrew.
Recently I bought a McIntosh MC275 valve amp.
My first question to the seller was "is it 120 volts or 240. (Australia has 240)
He assured me it was 240 volts. A week later I bought it.
It came with an Australian power cord (fits straight into our power points). (He could have just thrown that in easy enough)
On the chassis above the power input it states 110~120 volts. The print on the PT says the same. Also has a 4 amp fuse which suits USA voltage. (Aust 240v requires a 2 amp fuse).
Ok...
I have a stepdown transformer which I used but valves barely light up with next to no heat and sound is quite distorted with no power.
Could it be that it really is 240 volts. Not wanting to fry it I'm not going to try it, but it does seem like it's only getting half the required voltage
So, at this stage it is in limbo.
Cheers,
Andrew.