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I picked up #857 (advertised at #854) yesterday and it's a blast. Everything appears to be working alright considering the tapes are 35 years old and the heads were dirty. However, the power cord was rigged up by the previous owner and I want to do something a bit more correct and safe.

He took a new cord from Streetly and lopped off the plug end and twisted the wires onto the last 6 inches of an orange extension cord. I picked up a new heavy duty screw on plug from the hardware store but before I wire it up, I'd like to make sure I do it right. None of the colors of the Streetly wires correspond to anything American. I need to know which is ground, positive, and negative.

The wire colors on the Streetly cable are:

Brown
Blue
Green/Yellow

So experts, before I make the wrong guess and blow this thing up, which is which?

Thanks!
Dan
#857