Mellotronists

Don't have a 'tron, but generally, brown is hot, blue is neutral, yellow/green is ground........

Regards,
MSB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roc" <rvbhealed@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 3:17 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Severe AC Hum (My Fault) M400 #1001


> Hi All,
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Now the problem.
> 
> I own M400 #1001 (got from Ken Merbler.)  It has worked great for me.
> Unfortunately, recently I crushed  the black power cord that was spliced to
> the white (British) power cord coming from the tron.  Thinking, "no
> problem," I went to Home Depot and bought a new power outlet male end (3
> prong, Leviton, yellow, a good one.)  From the white power cord from the
> tron, I hooked up the brown wire inside to gound, and the blue and
> yellow/green wires to hot and neutral (or vice versa, I wouldn't know). With
> this connection, I am getting severe AC hum.  I always got a little hum from
> the previous set-up, but now it is unbearable.  Any suggestions for how to
> wire (splice?) the British, white power cord to work with American power
> supply so that I get no hum?  I am afraid to wire it up in a different way
> to try before asking the group, cause I don't want to fry my tron.
> 
> Again.  The wires coming from the tron inside the white casing are brown,
> blue, yellow/green.  If anyone knows how to put a plug end on to minimise
> and/or eliminate the AC hum, it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks so much for any answers, and sorry in advance for such a potentially
> rudimentary question.
> 
> Roc
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