DANGER!!! Black Ground/Green Hot!!!

[Rick Erickson]

Now I've seen everything. I just took in a BF Fender Vibroverb amp from a customer who bought it on ebay. When I inspected it I found the replacement AC cord had been installed with the Black wire to Chassis and the Green wire to the Hot terminal of the AC convenience outlet. Apparently some AC cords with IEC connectors are being produced this way - not a problem until the IEC connector is clipped off and the cord installed in an amp. Any amp I find with one of these cords in it will be replaced with a new cable that meets UL color codes & safety standards.
Just a heads up!

RE

[bob p]

YIKES!


thanks for the heads-up.

[J M Fahey]

By the way, didnīt the old technician also work repairing "special" electrical appliances at St Quentin Penitentiary?

[oahu]

shocking...

i allway put a new AC-cord on every vintage amp i repair. its not that expensive, and, in that case, f**k "it's not original anymore"!!! savety first. i got hit 2 times by badly grounded amps in my live, thats two times too much...

[Baxthorpe]

You get Japanese leads sometimes with black - white - green wiring. Black is neutral, white is live, green is earth. But where on the planet is green the live wire?

[satsloader]

"But where on the planet is green the live wire?"

It's a small Planet known as "Smokin the ganja on the way to work".

Bill