Solstace Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Afternoon all! Right - am having a little trouble tracking this one down... basically I need some new mains power switches for these amplifiers. I hear on the internal grapevine that the manufacturer has gone under, and a quick Google didn't come up with any useful contact details. So - while I realise I could just order in the "nearest match" from a components supplier - I've yet to find one that stocks the switch I'm after. I can find plenty of switches that fulfill the electrical and connection specs, but nothing that has the holes cut into the push-button that would accept the custom switch-button face that Chameleon have thoughtfully added to their design. Admittedly I could just "re-shape" the custom face if needs be - but I'm likely to have lots of these to do so I'd rather find a "snap-in" solution rather than a "bodge-it"... Also as I'm inheriting a shed-load of these in my new job - anyone else familiar with these amps? Any pros/cons/general faults I should be aware of? Cheers, C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I Understand the Chameleon amplifiers were first made by Malcolm Hill, Since Malcolm retired and closed Malcolm Hill Associates down I would suggest getting in touch with his son Matt Hill's company. Perhaps they know something. http://www.rock-tech.co.uk Failing that any sensible repair centre like LMC audio should be able to suggest a replacement part from somewhere. James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strandgsx Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 If you need help with Hill stuff we have two members of staff here who are ex hill our full time service engineer and one of our Directors pm me for details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 Cheers for the help again people! I've found another way... CPC stocked what appeared to be a similar switch, but sadly this turned out to be single-pole, where I needed double. Fair 'nuff - broke into the old switches and discovered that in each case, one of the two switch arms had burnt through its contact pads. So - given the identical design and construction of new switches vs old, all I had to do was to transplant the arms and contacts from the new switches to replace the originals. Job done, and we now have two more working amplifiers to add to our rig... :) Oh, and yes, the amps have been checked for electrical safety before being reinstalled!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des george Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 The former owner of Chameleon is Paul Houlden He has managed to repair some stuff for us Toroidal engineering Co.Queach Holdings,Leys Hill,Walford,Herefordshire. HR9 5QU.phone/fax: 01989566710 email: paul@tec.uk.commobile: 07889 699773. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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