Wiring Mercury Magnetics trannies, 50 watt build, diagram?

J.DavisNJ · Post by **J.DavisNJ** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:58 am

Hi guys,

This is my first build, so please go easy on me! I'm building George's 50 watt kit, and have come to the Power Transformer wiring. I notice that there are only wires coming out of one side of the transformer. I need to add wires to the lugs on top of the transformer, correct?

If so, to which taps do I wire them?? And where do they go??

The instructions don't really go over the wiring of the MM trannies.

-Joe

J.DavisNJ · Post by **J.DavisNJ** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:06 pm

Ok guys...

I found this diagram posted by George: http://forum.metroamp.com/download.php?id=3707

I'm still a bit confused on how to read this diagram. I'm on step 6 of the 50 watt instructions, wiring the heaters. Will I add two green wires to the 10 and 11 tap, and route them to V5??

Also, which taps correspond to the CT and secondary CT??

If someone can just clarify how to read this diagram it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

-Joe

SDM · Post by **SDM** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:09 am

Assuming that is the exact PT you have, changes are bold/underlined:

Step 6:
A: Solder the PT heater CT (center tap), lug 10, on the PT to the ground lug on F1.

Cut the PT high voltage secondary CT, lug 7, to 3".........

Twist and route the PT heater wires, lugs 9 and 11, to V5 pins 2 and 7. as Shown

Skipping ahead to step 7B now:

Twist 4" of the PT high voltage secondaries wires, lugs 6 and 8, ........

That should cover the PT secondary lugs, obviously you'll need to add wires to them. If building a 1987 type amp (no tube rectifier), lugs 12 and 13 will not be used.

J.DavisNJ · Post by **J.DavisNJ** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:57 am

SDM wrote:Assuming that is the exact PT you have, changes are bold/underlined:

Step 6:
A: Solder the PT heater CT (center tap), lug 10, on the PT to the ground lug on F1.

Cut the PT high voltage secondary CT, lug 7, to 3".........

Twist and route the PT heater wires, lugs 9 and 11, to V5 pins 2 and 7. as Shown

Skipping ahead to step 7B now:

Twist 4" of the PT high voltage secondaries wires, lugs 6 and 8, ........

That should cover the PT secondary lugs, obviously you'll need to add wires to them. If building a 1987 type amp (no tube rectifier), lugs 12 and 13 will not be used.

Hey, thanks a ton for the reply!!

Were those in the 50 watt instructions?? Maybe I still have an outdated version on my hard drive. Thanks a lot man!

-Joe

J.DavisNJ · Post by **J.DavisNJ** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:14 pm

One last thing...

Which wire would I use to go to the power switch??

The diagram doesn't suggest 120, but 117 as the black wire.

Should I just use this one?? Thanks

-Joe

Joe Popp · Post by **Joe Popp** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:19 am

Yes use the black. Here is a layout of my JCM800 that may help you. Please note this is not the same as a 50 watt layout. The wires coming out of the PT are for using a voltage selector. Look at my voltage selector and you will see the corresponding wires to the PT. You can just individually heat shrink the unused wires. You can see in the second picture how I did not use the red and just bundled it and heat shrinked.

J.DavisNJ · Post by **J.DavisNJ** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:21 pm

Thanks for the info man...

-Joe