Hi,
We bought an old record player and the mains plug used on it is an old light fitting socket. I'd like to find out what I need to do to be able to use it safely.
Here's some photos of the plug:
I couldn't work out what it was at first but my Dad explained that when electricity supplies were first installed in homes, they were purely for lighting. Because electricity was still quite new at the time there weren't any wall sockets or mains plugs because there weren't many electrical appliances that existed.
I'd like to find out how I could use the record player. Is it safe for me to change the plug for a normal 3 pin mains plug? It only has 2 cables coming off it so it's safe to assume there's no ground cable. Or is there an adapter that I can get to convert it? I'm having trouble finding any information so thought I'd ask on this forum
We bought an old record player and the mains plug used on it is an old light fitting socket. I'd like to find out what I need to do to be able to use it safely.
Here's some photos of the plug:
I couldn't work out what it was at first but my Dad explained that when electricity supplies were first installed in homes, they were purely for lighting. Because electricity was still quite new at the time there weren't any wall sockets or mains plugs because there weren't many electrical appliances that existed.
I'd like to find out how I could use the record player. Is it safe for me to change the plug for a normal 3 pin mains plug? It only has 2 cables coming off it so it's safe to assume there's no ground cable. Or is there an adapter that I can get to convert it? I'm having trouble finding any information so thought I'd ask on this forum