Hi there
I live in the UK and have a compressor (of the music effects unit variety) which I bought set at 115v with a US Type A, Unpolarised plug attached. In one of the old maunals for the unit (there were several revisions), it advised UK users who wished to change to UK plugs that it was wired Blue:Neutral and Brown:Live etc. Also stating that the plug required a 3 Amp fuse. Straight forward enough I thought. Therefore, I switched the unit to 230v with the switch on the back and cut off the plug with the intention of putting a UK plug on it.
However, on cutting the US Type A, Unpolarised plug off the cable which is a two cable conjoined cable (kinda like headphone wire), I found out that this outer layer was the only thing covering the copper wire inside. Therefore, there are no colours there to wire correctly into a UK plug.
Would it matter which way around the two wires are wired into a UK plug? Doesn't the unpolarised apply to the UK too dependent on the unit being supplied the power?
What is the likely outcome should this wiring be wrong if the unit is switched on?
Kindest regards
R.
I live in the UK and have a compressor (of the music effects unit variety) which I bought set at 115v with a US Type A, Unpolarised plug attached. In one of the old maunals for the unit (there were several revisions), it advised UK users who wished to change to UK plugs that it was wired Blue:Neutral and Brown:Live etc. Also stating that the plug required a 3 Amp fuse. Straight forward enough I thought. Therefore, I switched the unit to 230v with the switch on the back and cut off the plug with the intention of putting a UK plug on it.
However, on cutting the US Type A, Unpolarised plug off the cable which is a two cable conjoined cable (kinda like headphone wire), I found out that this outer layer was the only thing covering the copper wire inside. Therefore, there are no colours there to wire correctly into a UK plug.
Would it matter which way around the two wires are wired into a UK plug? Doesn't the unpolarised apply to the UK too dependent on the unit being supplied the power?
What is the likely outcome should this wiring be wrong if the unit is switched on?
Kindest regards
R.