wiring plug

viner · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:31 am Post Subject: wiring plug

there is one lead comong out of this old record player which seperates in to two wires, one is black, the other has a white stripe down the side, can any one tell me which wire goes where in to the plug? thanks

Steve · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:37 am Post Subject:

you sure this isnt a speaker cable?

viner · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:40 am Post Subject:

i dont think so as there are jacks for the amp, i had a look inside and it looks like it comes from the motor

viner · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:19 am Post Subject:

i should of mentioned that the lead is grey, not black, with one white stripe down the side

ban-all-sheds · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:08 pm Post Subject:

Is the motor a 220-240V AC one?

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Panjandrum · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:11 pm Post Subject:

If this was mine I'd look for something on the motor that suggested it was meant to be connected to the mains. If I could find nothing I'd probably dump it.
If it seemed like a mains motor, or if not clear and I fancied the experiment, I would put a plug on it, take a long extension lead (suitably protected) to the end of the garden, plug in the record player, retire to inside the house and switch on.
If no smoke after five minutes, I would sneak up on the record player with a long stick and try to turn it on.
If it didn't work, I would dump it.
If it worked, I would think "mystery solved" and then dump it.

Alternative reply: "What's a record player?"

ban-all-sheds · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:22 pm Post Subject:

Panjandrum wrote:

Alternative reply: "What's a record player?"

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breezer · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:26 pm Post Subject:

yo dont want that you want this

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ban-all-sheds · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:33 pm Post Subject:

Hate to argue, but you couldn't be more wrong.

I do very much want the Goldmund. What I don't want is to have to pay an insane amount of money for one, or deal with the fallout from Mrs Ban when I introduce it into the living room...

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ban-all-sheds · Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:20 pm Post Subject:

Why on earth should this have attracted a post that had to be removed?

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=185764#185764

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mapj1 · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:40 pm Post Subject:

Viner.
If, and only if, you can convince yourself the motor is good for UK mains, it won't matter which is live or neutral. But with that description, I would not be sure if it was OK for mains at all - could it be american (110volt) for example.
Any chance of a web foto? Maybe we can recognise it better.

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