Whenever one of my posts received a "like" from Ron, I always felt that I had added something intelligent to the conversation.I only wish I got to know him as well as some of you did.RIP
I was in the booth of a high school built in 1970 testing an instrument. Popped 3 lamps before I realized the wall pocket was 220 volts. The voltage was in small writing embossed on the wall pocket cover and easily missed. I think the outlets were for high voltage follow spots that the school...
I noticed that you called the wires "hot and ground". They're more like "positive and negative". Just double checking your wiring...Pin 1 is the mic negative (braided shield)
Pin 2 is the mic positive
Pin 3 is the speaker negative (braided shield or wire)
Pin 4 is the speaker positiveDO...
But then it would look like a sad face :(I say that outlets should be mounted horizontally with the ground pin to the left. That way the plug is more secure and the hot blade is protected because it's on the bottom.I win! :grin:
I agree with the snow cradle idea. We used a snow cradle with cut up white plastic shopping bags like you get from the supermarket. Cheap, easy to make, and it looked REALLY good.
But it's a genuine service tool! If you don't want to spend the $67, you can always try this one...http://www.fullcompass.com/prod/026125-Philmore-NT500
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