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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: repogolfer on June 22, 2026, 07:51:09 PM

Title: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: repogolfer on June 22, 2026, 07:51:09 PM
Has anyone had any luck finding an alternative vendor for the transformer that the MSP3140 uses.  M&R wants $623 for it.   I tried looking up the numbers shown on the photo but no luck.  Item #1019146

Do I just bite the bullet on this one?

Jon
Title: Re: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: mk162 on June 23, 2026, 09:29:03 AM
Can you pull the old one and find the numbers on it?  It's probably half the price elsewhere.
Title: Re: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: ebscreen on June 23, 2026, 11:26:50 AM
Can you pull the old one and find the numbers on it?  It's probably half the price elsewhere.

They obscure/remove markings.

If you know the voltages in/out and watts you can easily find a replacement.

Not sure what it is about the MSP3140, but those things eat what are otherwise considered least likely to die components in
the electronics world, IE transformers and chokes. I vaguely recall someone adding more cooling fans to the controls box which
probably isn't a bad idear.
Title: Re: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: repogolfer on June 23, 2026, 04:40:12 PM
Thanks for the replies.  I'll have to dig in there and see if the old one has anything on it.   

Do you think it will tell me voltage in/out and watts?   

Jon

Title: Re: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: Zelko-4-EVA on June 24, 2026, 08:56:56 AM
Thanks for the replies.  I'll have to dig in there and see if the old one has anything on it.   

Do you think it will tell me voltage in/out and watts?   

Jon

maybe a schematic would tell you, or an M&R tech would tell you what the voltage plus AC/DC should be on each side of the transformer
Title: Re: MSP3140 transformer
Post by: ebscreen on June 25, 2026, 11:11:02 AM
Does M&R provide schematics for their products? All my other machines came with them, and I would love one for our
Sprint dryer. I realized yesterday (after having this thing for 10 years) that there is a beefy 240/120 transformer that is powered on
24/7 (for the controls) that I would like to nix, it's just wasteful and will eventually die.