5150 & Hotplate

[billdawson]

Hi Jerry
I'm new here and this is my 1st post so hi all! I'm getting 1 of your modded 5150's and just want to ask a couple of questions if thats ok.
Firstly I want to put the 5150 through a 16ohm hotplate into my Genz Benz G-Flex cab and want to know if this is ok?. The reason I ask is that I have A Roccaforte HG-100 head and the maker, Doug specifically warns against putting his amp through such a device.
Secondly I'm buying this amp in the US but I'll be using it in the UK. I'm getting a step down transformer to lower the power from our 240v down to 110, I was gonna get 1 rated at 800-1000W. Is this an adiquate power rating to operate this amp maxed out without setting fire to anything!?
Hope you can help and I'm looking forward to playing this amp when it and I get home!!

Thanks
Bill D

[Jerry P]

Bill,
Using a hotplate with the 5150 is fine as long as all the impedances match. I personally find the amp to sound muddy when using anything like this. They work great on older low gain amps that needed the power amp section cranked up to get their tone, with newer amps with lots of gain in the preamp they tend to sound muddy if you crank up the master volume. If you set the amp to a decent level like 4 on the master and then use the hotplate to knock down your level I think they work much better.
I'm not at all familiar with using power convertors so I can't offer much help in that area.
Jerry

billdawson said:

Hi Jerry
I'm new here and this is my 1st post so hi all! I'm getting 1 of your modded 5150's and just want to ask a couple of questions if thats ok.
Firstly I want to put the 5150 through a 16ohm hotplate into my Genz Benz G-Flex cab and want to know if this is ok?. The reason I ask is that I have A Roccaforte HG-100 head and the maker, Doug specifically warns against putting his amp through such a device.
Secondly I'm buying this amp in the US but I'll be using it in the UK. I'm getting a step down transformer to lower the power from our 240v down to 110, I was gonna get 1 rated at 800-1000W. Is this an adiquate power rating to operate this amp maxed out without setting fire to anything!?
Hope you can help and I'm looking forward to playing this amp when it and I get home!!

Thanks
Bill D