zozobra wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 1:20 pm
There is a good reason that techs cry when someone brings a mrak in
that said, there isn't a great deal for a competent tech to worry about here. Pop it open, it either has the right primary taps bundled away somewhere or it doesn't. If it does, then swap over to the right tap and test the voltages. The MOV isn't that important - most amps don't have them and Mesa doesn't do the best implementation anyway.
A 3 or 4A fuse will be fine. They are blunt tools in this application. If it fires up and doesn't blow a 3A fuse then use that. The conventional wisdom is that doubling the voltage halves the current, so stepping from 230 to 117 would double the current => 1.5x2 = 3A
For comparison a 120V Laney GH100L uses a 5A primary fuse. A 5150iii 100W at 115V uses 6A.
he tried to pitch me some bias mod and I was like uhhh pass lol
On the bright side, the two support folks agreed on the MOV part at least :loL:
Mesa taking their sweet time to ship this order out, a label hasn't even been created a week later
Guitars: PRS/Gibson
Amps: Mesa Mark V | '76 Fender Deluxe Reverb | EVH 5153 6L6 50w| Mesa Mark IV | Badlander 50
Yeah they always do that. When I ordered some replacement pots for that f100 they took 10 days to ship it and they shipped the slowest possible option too. They are all east bay hippies. It gets there when it gets there.
Guitarbilly wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 7:04 pm
Yeah they always do that. When I ordered some replacement pots for that f100 they took 10 days to ship it and they shipped the slowest possible option too. They are all east bay hippies. It gets there when it gets there.
I lost a slider knob on my Mark VII. Ordered more from Mesa. Took about 3 weeks to get here, and they shipped them in a regular fucking envelope with stamps.
I like 5150s. The rest of you bullshit amps can get fucked.
ninjaraf wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:08 pm
I lost a slider knob on my Mark VII. Ordered more from Mesa. Took about 3 weeks to get here, and they shipped them in a regular fucking envelope with stamps.
yep. Hippie shit. These people have no sense of urgency or time in general.
