On May 2, 7:30*pm, " wrote:
On May 2, 3:37*pm, (D.M.

Procida) wrote:
I unsoldered the damaged mains lead from an old Roland drum machine
http://www.synthesizers.com/mok2009/MOK_2009_15_m.jpg but was thinking
about something else and realised that I hadn't noted which was the live
and which the neutral terminals (earth is obvious).

Can I safely assume that the live terminal is the one that goes to a
fuse? I can't think of any reason why the neutral connector should be
fused, can you?

Daniele

Do check that the wire you *think* is live in the mains lead, really
is connected to the live pin in the plug.

There are some strange people that think wiring colours are more of a
rough guide than a rule.

Some appliances are wired the wrong way round, yesterday I had to
reverse the blue and brown wires in the plug for a cheap handlamp that
I was fixing, which was found to have it's internal SP switch and the
centre of the ES lampholder connected to the blue wire...