my amp doesent like 220v advise needed

[James-Doolan]

Hi i was looking through the net trying to figure out why the amp i bought on e bay (peavey ultra 120) would not work even though i bought a step down transformer for it to run on 110v when i came across this thread

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/gear-equipment/33401-peavey-ultra-question.html

Its from the guy i bought it off so i think he couldent fix it and sold it to me which of course sucks.
I doubt il have any luck getting my money back from someone who willinly sold me a broken amp. So what im asking is how much damage do you think this fool has done to the amp by plugging it in to 220v is it as simple as a blown fuse or is the thing fried beyond repair? I know some of you guys know your shit on electronics and stuff so im hoping one of you will have an answer for me.

Thanks
James

 

[kaomao]

maybe it's just a blown fuse.
Anyway use a very good step down transformer, one of those that can take all the wattage the amp is producing, not the ones holding 50 watt.
something like this is good
http://cgi.ebay.it/240-110-Voltage-...ryZ14968QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[James-Doolan]

this is the one i got

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280159959794

the amp is rated at 400 watts so i should be fine

 

[James-Doolan]

Any one got any info for me ?

 

[cobhc]

Find out what fuses go in the amp, replace it and try it. If it doesn't work, then it's fried something, but I would at least try a new fuse before anything else. Also, how much did you pay for the amp? If it wasn't much, it might be worth the tech's fee's to fix it, if something has blown, because these amps are really good sounding, and rare.