About the switches, make sure that up is open and down is closed, like in all Marshalls. At least, it would drive me crazy if it wasnt..
*looks at combo* forward/back main switches and left/right mod switches.. *prepares straight jacket*
About the switches, make sure that up is open and down is closed, like in all Marshalls. At least, it would drive me crazy if it wasnt..
Get a light bulb limiter built and a selection of bulb wattages sorted out ready for initial testing.
eg 25W for no valves, 60W with valves, 100 or 150W with signal.
Even worse, down power on, up off of standby, brrrrrr......*looks at combo* forward/back main switches and left/right mod switches.. *prepares straight jacket*
The standard for UK sockets and light switches - up for off, down for onEven worse, down power on, up off of standby, brrrrrr......
2. I like getting a probe pack - ones with 1000V clip on connectors (eg Silvertronic probe pack) - that allows you to connect the probes ahead of start up to monitor the B+.
The standard for UK sockets and light switches - up for off, down for on
Certainly, though let's not forget the meter. Many cheaper meters appear to only handle a max of 250V (AC or DC), others list 400V DC as the max. At the risk of a shameless plug, check out Brymen meters. Affordable and most of them are really decent on the inside. Proper isolation, HSRC fuses, good update rates. Shaving a few tenners off that, Mastech offer some nice units. I have a couple in use regularly and really like them. They CAT insulation ratings are perhaps a little ambitious and most don't have HSRC fuses, but they're real workhorses.
The silvertronic leads are 4mm sheathed and so fit most multimeters etc.
What is nice s the AC-DC works above the voltage that my scope can tolerate (total 400Vpp) so for fast signal checks it's great without having to build in voltage dividers etc.