[Vintage-Audio] tape deck power cords

[Bob]

You can also make a fairly useful cord by using crimp on
connectors that usually mate with spade connectors. Open the
grabbers a bit for the thicker pins. If you are careful you
won't start a fire if they get pulled off of the deck.

WBob

Telegrapher@QWEST.net wrote:
> 
> I've asked this on other lists and not had a response that worked other
> than to change out the receptacle on the tape deck.
> 
> I've got an AKAI and TEAC tape decks (how could the be portable as much
> as the weigh) and no power cords.  They both require a female 2 blade
> type connector.  3 pin types i got running all over th place.  2 pin
> blade type, nadda.  They used to be plentiful as eggs in a henhouse.
> However that apparently has been longer in the past than i thought.
> With all this talk about tape decks, maybe someone out there has at
> least one of not 2 extras laying around.  Both my machines are excellent
> in appearance and i suspect equally good in performance.  But,  i don't
> want to butcher them up yet.  Somebodys got to have some of them things
> somewhere!
> 
> I'll only be here for one more day then its off to the cool country for
> a couple of months.  Gotta get away from this desert heat for awhile.
> 
> Larry
> W0OGH
> 
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