<div dir="ltr"><div>Do you have a multimeter? You should really go through and measure things before replacing parts. Best practices. Make sure to unplug it from the wall first ;)<br></div><div><br></div><div>This Dynacord service manual has a power supply in it (page 30) and is probably similar enough to compare to the circuit you're looking at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.synfo.nl/servicemanuals/Dynacord/DRS-78_SERVICE_MANUAL.pdf">http://www.synfo.nl/servicemanuals/Dynacord/DRS-78_SERVICE_MANUAL.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>As an aside, I have seen the bridge rectifier go bad on Dynacord stuff more than once.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:48 AM Ben Stuyts <<a href="mailto:ben@stuyts.nl">ben@stuyts.nl</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 13 Aug 2020, at 09:43, Jean Bender <<a href="mailto:lofideadbeat@gmail.com" target="_blank">lofideadbeat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> As 2 fuses always blow up if powered, i'm pretty sure the power<br>
> transformer is dead, it's not a thoroidal one. I gonna try to get a<br>
> 220V to 2 secondary 18V AC and see if it lett the pdd14 can go back to<br>
> life ;).<br>
> The regulators are LM7815, 7915 and 7805.<br>
> The only thing i don't get yet is that two wires go from one<br>
> secondary, the V+ one goes through a fuse and then directly to the<br>
> pedal board jack. I guess i don't need it actually, as i don't have<br>
> the pedalboard !<br>
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Something doesn’t add up. Are both those two fuses both on the secondary side? If so, what makes you assume the transformer is bad? Have you actually measured the output voltage of the transformer?<br>
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If anything, that would point to a problem further on.<br>
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Ben<br>
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