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Brown - live
Blue - neutral
Green/Yellow - earth

DaSwans wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>

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