Posted by Bryan on January 04, 2006 at 22:28:33:
In Reply to: Re: ELK Miyuki Guitar and Bass Amps posted by Bryan Holden on January 04, 2006 at 21:25:18:
Correction, Where are the coupling caps located. Are oil filled caps only for the echo model? I have an Elk Pro-Sonic EB103S.
On a side note, my Elk has only two prongs for the power cord. Is it possible to convert this to a three prong (grounded polarized) system. Would this be beneficial?
: Were are the coupling caps located? And what do oil filled caps look like?
: Bryan
: : Hi, Skip. I've owned 2 elk/ echo amps. Not much info out there. Both
: : my amps were toast when I got them. One i turned into something else, and the last one i got running. The one BIG THING I noticed was those old oil filled coupling caps WILL leak lots of volts. The resistors seem
: : to be all in the ballpark. I would suggest replacing all the coupling caps
: : that havehigh DC voltage on them.......Larry