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Post subject: Unsing fender mustang 1 on 220V power supply
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:11 pm
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Howdy,
I got a fender mustang 1 from US. Now I have moved to India where we have 220V power supply. Can I use my amp directly using 220V? Please reply if you have any idea about this issue.

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Post subject: Re: Unsing fender mustang 1 on 220V power supply
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:25 am
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I don't know specifically about what's inside the Mustang, but here's how this sort of thing usually works...

It's unlikely that Fender make different Mustangs, with different power supply transformers, for different markets; the costs of maintaining multiple versions of the same thing wouldn't be worth at, at least not at the Mustang's price point. They've most likely done one of two things.

First, there could be a generic transformer in there, with multiple wiring tap points for different voltages. The correct voltage / tap point for a particular market is either selected by a switch (hidden, inside the amp) during manufacture, or they hard-wire a particular tap point. So it would be possible (for someone who knows what they are doing) to change that switch or re-solder a connection, to make it work right with a different supply voltage. (NB manufacturers used to put such voltage-change switches on the outside of the product, to make precisely what you want to do easy for the user; I guess they had too many people setting it wrongly and blowing-up equipment, so they decided to remove user access to the switch: another case of the dumb public spoiling things for the intelligent public).

Second, there could be some electronics in there that do the above automatically and dynamically. So it 'senses' the input voltage and adjusts itself to maintain the right output voltage. The latter is (probably) more expensive in components, but cheaper in manufacturing.

I don't know about USA, but in UK/Europe, anything electrical has a 'rating plate' on it, saying (amongst other things) what the supply voltage should be. Sometimes this is a range: for example, something that has the second option above could say something like "input voltage: 110-240v"

If that's what it says on the Mustang (I'm several miles from mine right now so can't look at it to check!) then you should be safe connecting it to a 220v supply. If however the rating plate says "110v" and nothing else, then I wouldn't plug it in to a 220-240v supply: the first option above applies and the amp would need internal changes in order to work.

You can get mains converters: a unit that you plug into (say) a 220v supply and which gives you a 110v supply as output, that you can then plug into the amp. That may be the simplest / safest solution.


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Post subject: Re: Unsing fender mustang 1 on 220V power supply
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:29 pm
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Hi sunny_srivastava,

So, firstly, no you do not want to connect a 110v device directly to 220v power. What you can do is to get step down converter. I would suggest looking in India at a reputable electronics supplier or possibly online for a good quality unit. There are a variety out there and we cannot recommend a specific make or model. But be sure to do a bit of research and select a good quality make and model that gives you at least 200-300 watts of usable 110v power. Please let us know if we can assist further.

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