[sdiy] Roland JX10 power cord??

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/15/2001 6:30:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
thescum at surfree.com writes:


> They're pretty much proprietary Roland power cables, though there are second
> sources of them.  I had a vacuum cleaner that took one, and in the States,
> yol can find the right cable at Geetar Center or Mars, in with the other
> special cables.  

I had one of these on my Alpha Juno 2..They're not specific to Roland 
completely though, I picked up a Korg DW-6000 today that has the same 
connector as the juno. I have a possibly better solution to the problem of 
the jack, which I do to everything I get that has one: Rip it out and put in 
a standard computer style connector. Their approximately the same size, and 
the mounting holes tend to line up. No more hunting for that one special 
power cord. If the synth case is metal (like the Juno) and connected to the 
neutral side of the mains, I leave the pin for ground (the one that's in a 
row by itself, top pin in connector) unconnected, to keep neutral away from 
ground.

Then I just reach into my huge bin of power cords whenever I need one, 
instead of hunting around.

-Chris
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