Posted By
Richard42
on 2012-07-13
12:32:42
|  Re: Getting a pair of 1551s
Just for anyone who is interested in the Commodore 1551 drive:
The German drives which I received each have a Commodore 1540009-06 power transformer. This transformer can only be wired for 220v or 240v primaries. Luckily I found this guy on the web:
http://4sale.sbszoo.com/xformers_2sec.htm
I purchased two 1540009-02C transformers from him; these are used in the 1541 drive, and can be wired for either 120 or 240v. They appear to have the same physical dimensions as the -06 transformer, and hopefully they will have sufficient current output to power the 1551 drive as well. With a little bit of luck I will swap out the transformers and use a 1.0A fuse instead of a 0.5A fuse and the German drives will work here in the US.
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