Mesa Quad Voltage question

[nEztor]

Hello! I'm new member and need help good reason to join on great forum!

Can somebody help me? I got today Quad pream from U.K. I live in Finland.
The quad have U.K. powercord on it(it looks like, three poles on it, very huge!). Now i noticed that backpanel on that Quad read: 117 VOLT 1 1/4 A. On a black sticker under the powercord: 120 VOLTS 60 HZ 1 amp.

I think that U.K. and Finland uses same voltage 230V. What you think, need i stepdown transformer or can i plug it on the wall and enjoy. I have bought U.K. -> Eu-plug-adaptor already. Thank you very much if somebady can help me.

 

[EdgeOfDarkness]

Sounds like you need a transformer, you might want to call whom ever you bought it from to make sure it was not modded to run at 220-230 volts.
I have a amp from Russia that I step up to 220 volts to run.

 

[nEztor]

Today i got mail from original owner. It have export transformer and works well 230V. So i tested it and it sounds awesome. very close my MK III greenstripe, but distortion is better(more). Channel 1 is very warm and enjoyable. I noticed that my MK III also have 117 volt sticker on rear panel. 117 volt-sticker is painted black. It runs 230V.

 

[dirkvandeburgt]

Hi Neztor,

fisrt, you bought a really difficult but awesome pre-amp. get the midiswitcher installed and it will reveal some killer extra's. you can stach channels on top of eachother that way! real cool and useful for tone. about your question: for any decent electrician you rewire the transformers to you own voltage... its a job that takes minutes, because the transformers are wired such in a way that you can switch to another voltage by reconnecting some wires in another way. I had mine from te states and my friend did it for me in about 10 minutes!!! You can set the voltages from 100V till upt to 250V

so find an electrician of a modifier and simplify your rack. it can even be made to sound a bit better if you make the voltagesetting a bit higher, so the tubes get a little bit more power.

good luck!