It sounds like what he has is a jack plug rather than the usual figure of 8 type plug. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic?
Billie, an "L shaped adaptor with a pin"? Surely more than one pin? Can you feel some small oblong holes in the L shaped end? Or, can you feel some pins in the hole the L shaped thingy goes into? On my Classic, the receptor for the lead is situated at the back of the machine with two thin rectanglular pins within the socket receptor and the lead with a moulded plastic plug on it going via a couple of metres of mains lead to a thirteen amp plug. You can only place this sort of plug in the machine one way round, with angled corners on the plug going towards the top as you push it home. All this said, Ive long lost track of the original two pin plug that went into my classic, and am using the sort of lead that comes with kettles and other appliances, such as some audio equimpment. As Andy says, the simplest thing is to get to Maplin's or somewhere like that with this lead and see if they've a longer one, or simply get an extention mains lead. Pity is we cannot easily excange pictures on this list, otherwise the description of the lead would not be in doubt. Does puzzle me that people keep refereing to a figure of eight lead, cus mind aint one of those! Whichever it is it's not complicated and I think you'd have to try hard to blow the thing up! Hope you get it sorted. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of TrueBlue & Proud Sent: 22 December 2007 4:10PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic? Ray, I'm really not explaining this problem too well. I'm now sitting with the power cable in my hand. One end has an ordinary 13 amp plug which plugs into a power mains supply on the wall. The other end has it looks like an L shaped adaptor with a pin, which shoves into a female connector on the side of the Victor Classic. I'm now loosing the will to live, come on and beam me up Scottie, Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic?Darren, Billy and others, this thread gets stranger by the day. It sounds to me as if Billy might have an American or Canadian mainsleadwith his Classic as the two pin plug he describes is common with US designed equipment. Obviously that could be plugged into a shaver-type adaptor, that's if I'm right. My RNIB supplied Victor Classic player came with a mains lead terminated in a 13 amp plug, no doubt with a 3 amp fues in the plug. The two pin plug socket on mine is physically in design the kettle standard sort of appliance leaed, but the Victor Classic isn't earthed, as I think is standard in North America, so carries twopins,not three. (This doesn't effect safety folks, so don't getconcernedon that score!) As I've said, you can plug in a standard kettletypeappliance leadwhere the earth connection goes simply unused and no harm at all in that. This doesn't solve Billy's problem really as I think it is thelengthof the mains lead he's concerned about. As already suggested thebestand easiest solution is the ubiquitous extention lead. No end of these available at Maplin and the like, in two metre lengths, which should be enough. Must say at the end of an over long post that, for me, the Victor Stream with a good portable speaker is the better solution for menow.Much more portable, which is why its going with me to my sister'soverchristmas. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- Darren Brewer Well, it certainly doesn't require anywhere near 15 amps. The player probably draws around an amp at most, so you can get away with using quite a long extension cable which would be the most straightforwardsolution.Darren. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <billy72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic?Ray, I'm not sure how to explain this, but I've just had a look atthepower supply cable. The power supply has a 15 amp plug on one end & a kind of l shaped connector, which pushes into a female socket. Don't think I explained this too well, but hope it gives you anIdea,Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic?Hi, and not wanting to throw a spanner in the works or complicate things, but my Victor Classic uses a kettle lead type of plug ontheVictor side, but with two pins. If you have a three pin plug, (or socket, strictly speaking) to plug into the machine then thisdoesn'tmatter of course as the earth connection simply doesn't get used. All that said, maybe the later Classics do indeed have a figure of eight lead, and if so, then of course ignore this message. Simply that with my Classic I use any old lead around the place to plugitinto the mains; and after all this time I certainly have to asthebattery is absollutely useless now! Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- TrueBlue & Proud George, this is certainly the cable in question. I'll get mydaughterto go onto Ebay later on, and try get it, thanks, Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic? Billy, Am I right in thinking the main cable has one of these 2 pin connectors on the opposite end from the 13 amp plug? If so, they are known generally as "Figure of 8 connectors". I've hunted again, and found a 5 metre one on E-Bay from a reseller. £4.99 if you "buy now". Here's the Tiny URL following by the longer one. http://tinyurl.com/2zkekj http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LONG-FIGURE-OF-FIG-8-MAINS-POWER-CABLE -LEAD-5M-5-METRE_W0QQitemZ230190927498QQihZ013QQcategoryZ116 852QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of TrueBlue & Proud Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:24 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic? George, as usual much sense, the only drawback with extensions is that I am wanting longer cable for going on holiday, and the power socket is quite a distance from the bed. Maybe, using the battery function is the only solution, Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:04 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic? Hi Billy, I have a feeling that there are electrical regulations in place which prevent suppliers from providing equipment with mains cables above 2 - 3 metres. Indeed I've just spent the last 20 minutes or so going through some of our supplier catalogues, and have not been able to find anything suitable. I suggest a normal extension cable might be your best bet. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of TrueBlue & Proud Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:36 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic? Ron, me thinks about 5 meeters or so, Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:56 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: longer power cable for Victor Classic?Billy, how long a cable do you want? Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <billy72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:45 AM Subject: [access-uk] longer power cable for VictorClassic?hi guys, I'm needing to move my Victor Classic from oneposition toanother, and to achieve this, I must have a longer power supplycable. The onepowering my player at the moment is not long enough to dothe job. 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