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 From: Michael Buchner <buchnerelectronics@...>
To: "Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com" <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] RE: Simmons SDS6 power question
 


  
Cool!

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Am 02.10.2013 um 03:55 schrieb Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...>:


  
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> From: Michael Buchner <buchnerelectronics@...>
>To: "Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com" <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 6:04 AM
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] RE: Simmons SDS6 power question
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>the other brown and white are connected. open this connection. measure between the brown and the brown soldered to the board, same with both whites. you should get 5 Ohms or something.
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>Am 01.10.2013 um 00:02 schrieb Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...>:
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>>one white and one brown are hooked up now.
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>>if i hook the other pair up to the same terminals the same way this should get me parallel for 110 perhaps?
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>>thanks! this is a huge help!
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>> From: Michael Buchner <buchnerelectronics@...>
>>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 5:34 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] RE: Simmons SDS6 power question
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>>You are right. There are two primary coils. I don't 
know if the two coils are between white/white and brown/brown or a mixture (each 
coil brown in/white out), but you can measure that out with an 
ohm-meter. For 120V connect the two ins and the two outs and attach them to 
the primary input on the PSU board. The coils will be in parallel now instead of 
in line, meaning double ampere with half volts.
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>>This is only working with the single toroidal 
transformer, not with the version with two transformers.
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: Nick Zampiello 
>>>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>>>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 8:49  PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] RE: Simmons  SDS6 power question
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>>>i've got one toroidal.
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>>>there's a piece of tape inside with 115 crossed out and 230 written next  to it.  like it was changed to be 230 at some point.
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>>>>the tranny in my sds6 has two 
    sets of brown/white wires.  one set goes to the primary points on the 
    psu.  the other is tied 
  together.
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>>>thanks in advance!
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>>>SN is 105 i believe.
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>>>one of the last! but not midi.  OS 44E 44F
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>>> From: Michael Buchner <buchnerelectronics@...>
>>>To: "Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com"  <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com> 
>>>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:43  PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Simmons  Drums] RE: Simmons SDS6 power question
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>>>You have the version with a single toroidal transformer or with an  additional small second one?
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>>>Am 30.09.2013 um 20:10 schrieb Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...>:
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>>>>cool so the tranny in my sds6 has two sets of brown/white wires.   one set goes to the primary points on the psu.  the other is tied  together.
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>>>> From: "warlandr63@..." <warlandr63@...>
>>>>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>>>>Sent: Monday, September  30, 2013 12:55 PM
>>>>Subject: [Simmons Drums] RE: Simmons SDS6 power question
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>>>>All of the toroidal transformers I have seen in Simmons gear are multi  tapped on the primary. (keeps cost and
>>>>stock holdings down to do it this 
    way) For the most part, in the later years they used the same transformer in 
    all their designs again I guess for the above reasons. I haven't got any 
    units open at the moment so I can't quote what colors are what (maybe 
    someone else can). I will say that they tend to operate at their maximum 
    power output ratings which tends for them to run rather warm (hot in some 
    cases) This leads to insulation failures and PSU faults. I know as I kept a 
    local transformer rewinder very busy quite a few years back. Every second 
    unit in for fixing had a dud tranny.
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>>>>If you are in the US and go for 
    the step-up external transformer, please do ensure you get one rated with a 
    high enough "continuous" output current.
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>>>>Richard
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>>>>---In simmons_drums@yahoogroups.com,  <newallianceeast@...> wrote:
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>>>>Hey synth drummers!
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>>>>is  there a transformer tap in the SDS6 to switch between us/uk  voltage>?
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>>>>wondering  if it needs a power transformer to become US.
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>>>>z
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