[Jukebox-list] Seeburg Q... where's the service/scan switch???

[Ron Rich]

NO! You have purchased a plug meant for a "double insulated" power tool. I would not connect it, if it were mine.
That phono should have a polarized plug, in my opinion, to be safe-"ER"? Ron Rich


--- On Wed, 5/7/08, jhayes2613 at aol.com <jhayes2613 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: jhayes2613 at aol.com <jhayes2613 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Seeburg Q... where's the service/scan switch???
> To: steve at pro-ns.net, jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 7:48 AM
> Yes, I see on this replacement plug that there is no
> difference in either post (color or otherwise), so I assume
> that I'm good to go. Please forgive the dumb questions
> but better safe than sorry--!
> Many thanks-
> j
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> From: Steve Wahl <steve at pro-ns.net>
> To: jhayes2613 at aol.com
> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 9:41 am
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Seeburg Q... where's the
> service/scan switch???
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> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:02:58AM -0400,
> jhayes2613 at aol.com wrote:
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> >  Gold is positive, and silver is negative, correct?
> > Thanks-
> > j
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> The terms positive and negative apply to DC current. 
> You're dealing with AC
> here, where which conducor is positive and which is
> negative changes
> 120 times a second (at least in the us, with 60Hz power).  
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> So the terms used are hot and neutral.  Since they switch
> positions
> all the time, there is not a lot of difference between
> them; most
> things will function just fine with the wires reversed. 
> You'll often
> find outlets with reversed wiring, especially in older
> houses with two
> prong outlets.
> 
> But the hot is the leg that goes through the fuse or
> circuit breaker
> at the pannel, the neutral is kept at ground potential.  So
> there are
> safety issues, like you want the threaded outer ring on a
> light bulb
> to be neutral, because it's easier for a person to
> touch by accident.
> 
> Hot = gold = black, neutral = silver = white.
> 
> Googling for ac current, this was the most promising
> explanation that
> popped up in the first few results:
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> http://www.play-hookey.com/ac_theory/
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> Within jukeboxes and other electronic equipment, AC is
> converted into
> DC for some circuits.  Amplifiers are all DC internally as
> far as I
> know, yet turntable motors are nearly always AC -- their
> speed is
> controlled by the AC frequency, thus so is the speed of the
> record.
> The credit and selection systems are usually DC.
> 
> Hope this helps you.  
> 
> --> Steve
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> Steve Wahl    steve at pro-ns.net
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