QUAD NOS WESTERN ELECTRIC 197A 197-A OUTPUT TRANSFORMER Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 18, 2008 End Time Saturday, October 18, 2008 Location Prospect Park, PA See more about 'QUAD NOS WESTERN ELECTRIC 197A 197-A OUTPUT TRANSFORMER' Description Vintage Quad NOS Western Electric 197A Output Transformers Here for auction is the Holy Grail of the W.E. Co. output transformers. You are bidding on a beautiful new old stock quad that have never been used or mounted in anyway! Still has a nice glossy battle ship gray paint job + two come with there original brown paper wraper (not shown). These are VERY hard to find in such nice condition and quantity. Leads are all extra long and not cut. Perfect your DIY custom tube studio preamp or amp. Here are DC resistance measurements: #1 GR/WH-------GR-      1430 ohms BL/WH--------BLU-    1435 ohms RD-------RD/WH-      346.9 ohms --------------------------------------------------------- #2  GR/WH-------GR-      1391 ohms BL/WH--------BLU-    1377 ohms RD-------RD/WH-      340.6 ohms -------------------------------------------------- #3 GR/WH------GR-      1133 ohms BL/WH-------BLU-    1132 ohms RD/WH-------RD-     338.1 ohms ------------------------------------------------- #4 GR/WH---------GR-    1431  ohms BL/WH---------BLU-   1429  ohms RD/WH---------RD     342.2 ohms    Turns ratio of the 197A is 5.20833333:1 and squaring this times 600 Ohms gives 16,276.04167 Ohms, not 24,000 Ohms.Parallel the primaries and you get 4,069 Ohms, not 6000 Ohms   Tech info; Impedance Ratio Ohms: 24,000;600 ---- Freq Resp: 30-15,000 cps ---- Max DC Resistance Ohms: (low wdg 370) ( High 3200) ----- Min Induct low wdgs Henrys: 72 high ----- 2.5 lbs each    Links: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150255820414 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110257632954  http://www.audioanthology.com/ http://www.wec5.jp/custom.html   Shipping anywhere is the U.S.A is $30.00 WORLD-WIDE (Asia,China,South Korea,HK,Japan,UK) $60.00 USD ... 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