[Boatanchors] AC inputs?

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Bob,

Eugene explained how the equipment was wired, but no, it wasn't made for use 
in Europe.  

Eugene, other than that I would probably put Neutral on the lower numbered 
contact in the 3-wire connector, it doesn't matter which way you wire it.  I 
would probably put a larger fuse in the Neutral leg (whichever one it ends up 
being) but really, anyone who sticks his/her hands into a piece of equipment with 
the line cord plugged in should be on the Darwin Award list for that year.

In a message dated 4/28/2007 6:03:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
rrkrr at comcast.net writes: 
> Eugene,
> How old is this piece of equipment?  Are you sure it is wired for 
> 115-125V where one side is "hot" and the other "neutral" and is not a 
> balanced 230-250V system where two sides are "hot"?
> 
> In any case the present standard is that the neutral line should not be 
> fused, especially in a system where there is no ground wire.  This is so 
> that a fault will always cause the hot side fuse to blow leaving the 
> other connected external wires at ground potential (or very nearly).
> 
> Bob K4ERR
> 
> 
> 
> eugene at hertzmail.com wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Picked up a TMC antenna multi-coupler.  It has a 3-pin mil connector
> >that thanks to folks here, I have ordered the mating connector to make a
> >cable. Question has to do with hot/neutral.
> >
> >So I was investigating how to wire this up and was trying to figure out
> >which pin is hot and which is neutral.  Ground was easy to figure out.
> >Far as I can tell, it shouldn't matter on this which is which, but I
> >wanted to check with the experts. 
> >
> >The two wires (hot and neutral) come in from the connector. Each passes
> >through a fuse (the neat kind that light up when the fuse has blown!) so
> >far, since both sides are fused, I think I'm ok. Then the fused sides go
> >to a DPST on/off switch. So far so good.
> >
> >Then these switched wires go directly to the primary of the power
> >transformer...So it seems to me that there is no specific hot and no
> >specific neutral.
> >
> >Can anyone confirm that some equipment is build this way and that it
> >might not matter?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Eugene
> 

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