Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V

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marco_esp

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Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« on: 20 Apr 2010, 08:14 am »
HEllo from Italy. New to Audio Circle. Wonderful site indeed.
I'm a new owner of the 10B. I bought it in US and asking what to do to convert it to 220V. From the threads I understand I need to change the transformer. How do i order the 220V one ... Any other things to be changed?

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Marco

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Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #1 on: 20 Apr 2010, 12:07 pm »
HEllo from Italy. New to Audio Circle. Wonderful site indeed.
I'm a new owner of the 10B. I bought it in US and asking what to do to convert it to 220V. From the threads I understand I need to change the transformer. How do i order the 220V one ... Any other things to be changed?

Thanks
Marco

Yes Marco their are a number of things that have to be changed to meet safty standards. The best thing to do is to contact the Bryston distributor in Italy.

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Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #2 on: 20 Apr 2010, 01:29 pm »
Thanks James, Since I'm quite knowledgeable (I'm an eletronic Engineer with good practical experience) I will be very happy to do it myself. Any way to do it? May be I should get the BOm (and may be the trasformer)?

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Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #3 on: 20 Apr 2010, 02:19 pm »
Thanks James, Since I'm quite knowledgeable (I'm an eletronic Engineer with good practical experience) I will be very happy to do it myself. Any way to do it? May be I should get the BOm (and may be the trasformer)?

Hi - it has to be done by our distributor as we open ourselves up to litigation if we allow unauthorized personal to do it.

james

b5pt9

Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #4 on: 20 Apr 2010, 03:18 pm »
Why not use an external 220/120v transformer, then you wouldn't have to go inside the 10b

whanafi

Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #5 on: 20 Apr 2010, 04:11 pm »
Why not use an external 220/120v transformer, then you wouldn't have to go inside the 10b

Been there done that.  Don't.   Transformers modify the voltage but not the hertz - the 110v is more than likely 60hz, and 220v systems in Europe run at 50Hz

b5pt9

Re: Bryston 10B crossover changing voltage to 220V
« Reply #6 on: 20 Apr 2010, 04:15 pm »
^ yup thanks and agreed :) I forgot about the 50hz over there and was just about to edit my original post.