sine_wave
July 13th, 2012, 12:59 PM
I just pulled the chassis on my silverface Princeton Reverb yesterday (I've only owned it for a little over a month or so). Everything looks really nice and un-touched, but I'm a little worried, maybe unnecessarily so about one of the transformers.
There's a gold-colored transformer that sits close to the Mallory 20/20/20/20 capacitor. Mine has some very slight damage or "browning" to the finish on the transformer. I'm wondering if this is a sign that the Mallory 20/20/20/20 cap is past it's due date and has started putting extra strain on the trannies. In fact, I know the Mallory is past due, I'm just hoping there's no damage. Here's a picture:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=134673&stc=1&d=1342198296
I have one more question... This is the first time I've pulled the chassis on a Fender amp. I noticed there's a separate, small board over by the red jewel pilot lamp. On the board, there are two resistors and a silver can Mallory cap. What is this circuit and is this cap another one that I should get around to replacing, ASAP? Any suggestions? Here's a pic of aforementioned board:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=134674&stc=1&d=1342198576
Thanks,
John
There's a gold-colored transformer that sits close to the Mallory 20/20/20/20 capacitor. Mine has some very slight damage or "browning" to the finish on the transformer. I'm wondering if this is a sign that the Mallory 20/20/20/20 cap is past it's due date and has started putting extra strain on the trannies. In fact, I know the Mallory is past due, I'm just hoping there's no damage. Here's a picture:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=134673&stc=1&d=1342198296
I have one more question... This is the first time I've pulled the chassis on a Fender amp. I noticed there's a separate, small board over by the red jewel pilot lamp. On the board, there are two resistors and a silver can Mallory cap. What is this circuit and is this cap another one that I should get around to replacing, ASAP? Any suggestions? Here's a pic of aforementioned board:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=134674&stc=1&d=1342198576
Thanks,
John
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