Toroidal transformer hum


Please help.

I have a BAT VK-6200 and I can hear a very disturbing hum coming from the amp. It gets so loud at night that I can hear it from 13 feet.
There is no sound coming from the speakers so therefore I ruled out a ground loop problem.

Please advise.
felitopaz

Showing 1 response by gbart

Several threads exist on this topic. There is the possibility that hum is being caused by DC on the AC power line. This can come from a number of sources, including light dimmers, and certain devices with speed and temperature controls. Do you have any of those devices in operation at night ? Try shutting off breakers one at a time to isolate the source. It is also possible the source of DC could be the house of a neighbor who is on the same power company transformer.