Why is amp toroid humming?


My 6 week old Belles 150A Hot Rod amp has started to emit a humming noise. The volume is such that it can be heard from 4-5 feet away in a dead quiet room. David Belles, the amp's designer, is being helpful and suggests that line voltage over 124v. could excite the toroid, as could line interference from rheostats, etc. However, the amp ran silent for the first six weeks and nothing has changed in the electrical system to my knowledge. Time of day/night makes no difference in presence or volume of hum. Disconnecting speaker cables or inputs makes no difference. Nor does changing power supply to a different house circuit. Anyone had experience with a problem like this?
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Showing 1 response by cornfedboy

if the fan/rheostat is, indeed, the source of your problem, then your whole system is likely affected adversely. you might try various filters or conditioners but you're unlikely to rid yourself entirely of the ac/rf intreference unless you install dedicated lines and all that go with them (lots of posts on this).