Ian Iveson
July 28th 03, 04:37 PM
Thanks for the report, tony.
Often the original questioner never reports back what happened,
leaving me perplexed.
cheers, Ian
"tony.r" > wrote in message
...
> I have found it
>
> It was the output trans sitting right above the preamp.
>
> I did the chopstick thing and found the problem area. It was the
primary
> wires to the OT. No matter what I did I could not stop the squeal.
I did
> some research and found a possible fix. Move the OT down the other
end of
> the chassis, towards the power trans.
>
> So I did that today and it has worked. The OT,s plates are 90 Deg
to the
> Power trans and they are 1 1/2" apart. The amp works perfectly.
> I am totally blown away. I plugged in this arvo and didn't want to
stop
> playin.
> Got out all my boss pedals and went crazy.
>
> The advice given to put the OT at the other end of the chassis did
not work
> for this amp. Dose it ever work ?
> I am waiting for a copy of the RCA Handbook so I can learn more
about what
> I am doing, But this lesson was well learnt from hard earned
experience.
>
> Thanks for all your help. tony.r
http://www.ncable.com.au/~tony.r/
>
>
Often the original questioner never reports back what happened,
leaving me perplexed.
cheers, Ian
"tony.r" > wrote in message
...
> I have found it
>
> It was the output trans sitting right above the preamp.
>
> I did the chopstick thing and found the problem area. It was the
primary
> wires to the OT. No matter what I did I could not stop the squeal.
I did
> some research and found a possible fix. Move the OT down the other
end of
> the chassis, towards the power trans.
>
> So I did that today and it has worked. The OT,s plates are 90 Deg
to the
> Power trans and they are 1 1/2" apart. The amp works perfectly.
> I am totally blown away. I plugged in this arvo and didn't want to
stop
> playin.
> Got out all my boss pedals and went crazy.
>
> The advice given to put the OT at the other end of the chassis did
not work
> for this amp. Dose it ever work ?
> I am waiting for a copy of the RCA Handbook so I can learn more
about what
> I am doing, But this lesson was well learnt from hard earned
experience.
>
> Thanks for all your help. tony.r
http://www.ncable.com.au/~tony.r/
>
>