[Jukebox-list] "Grounding" ?

John Robertson pinball at telus.net
Sun Jan 6 13:33:24 PST 2008


Jjmscf at aol.com wrote:
> For those that don't ground the internals of the juke what do you do with the 
> ground wire since the only replacement cords that come in the same gauge as 
> the originals are 3 wire with a grounding plug?
>  
> And a lot of them are bad.I've got several selection recievers lying around 
> with bad cords on them where the rubber has dried and cracked.Those are 2 wire 
> also with the heavy gauge round line cords which are only available in 3 wire 
> with ground plug nowadays.
>  
> J.C.
>
>   
Best thing is to secure the ground wire (green in North America) solidly 
to the chassis. You do not want to leave it disconnected and provide the 
false impression of a grounded unit.

If you want the original style wire, look for "18/2 Cab-Tire" cord (18 
gauge two conductor).

John :-#)#

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