2 16 ohm wires coming off of OT

[johnnymeyertech]

Hey guys,new guy here-
I was wondering if anybody knows why there are 2x 16 ohm wires coming out of my 71 100w superlead OT? One of the wires is a stranded 20 awg green wire and the other is a 14 or 16 awg copper solid wire.
any idea?
johnny

[thousandshirts]

Is that also a solid core brown wire I see attached to the output jacks?

I just finished restoring a 1971 50W Marshall that had the same situation - - duplicate 16 Ohm taps from the OT, and duplicate common wires. Again, one of each was stranded, and one of each was solid core.

I ran this information by Brian Wallace of Marstran, because I couldn't think of anyone more knowledgeable about 50w Marshall OT's, and provided him with some photos and details. He was indeed very helpful!

According to Brian, it seems as though the solid core wires may be part of the actual coil, and not just wires attached to the leads that are brought out from the coil. This may or may not be the case with your amp! Hopefully Brian can chime in here and fix us up!

Will

[johnnymeyertech]

yes
that is a solid core wire attached to the out put jacks.
Why did they put extra wires on the OT?
johnny

[thousandshirts]

yes
that is a solid core wire attached to the out put jacks.
Why did they put extra wires on the OT?
johnny

Hi Johnny

I don't know!

Hopefully Brian Wallace can chime in here!

Will

[rockstah]

so yer saying your OT has 7 wires coming out of it total? have u verified this? it has 7 wires coming out of it?

i cant see in the picture but isn't that skinnier green wire your feedback wire?

[johnnymeyertech]

No my feedback wire is purple. I believe there is seven wires coming out of the OT yes.
Johnny