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javeryh:

--- Quote from: BobA on August 22, 2007, 02:40:41 pm ---It is not going to work the way it is wired.   I cannot see 3 connections to the incomming AC.   I can only see a black and yellow on the top connector.   It also loolks like the red wire comes from the fuse but there is no input to the fuse.   Can you priovide a full on back shot of the wires as most of your pics do not show the complete back clearly?

BobA

This is the main pic I am going from.


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Hmmm... really?  I'll post some more pics tonight when I get home from work.  I'll be a little disappointed since I don't want to just drill a hole in the back for the SmartStrip power cord... I want it to look nice! 

Thanks for all of the input so far!   :cheers:
bfauska:
Bob,
It looks to me like their is a bridge from the 2nd line of the plug to the one side of the fuse, then the fuse jumps to the switch  and then out.  If you look at several of the views it looks like there is a metal strip connection the plug and fuse.  If that is the case then the project should be ready to go, otherwise just adding that wire would complete the circuit.  A new picture would be helpful for sure, but I think it's looking OK.

Jav,
Didn't somebody here make that plug for you?  I don't remember who it was but I thought I remember somebody sending one out to you, I was going to but they were faster and more generous I thought.  If so, who was it, they could help us here.
BobA:
It is no problem.  The unit you have will work fine but it has to be wired properly for safety and to function properly.

BobA:

--- Quote from: bfauska on August 22, 2007, 03:30:21 pm ---Bob,
It looks to me like their is a bridge from the 2nd line of the plug to the one side of the fuse, then the fuse jumps to the switch  and then out.  If you look at several of the views it looks like there is a metal strip connection the plug and fuse.  If that is the case then the project should be ready to go, otherwise just adding that wire would complete the circuit.  A new picture would be helpful for sure, but I think it's looking OK.

Jav,
Didn't somebody here make that plug for you?  I don't remember who it was but I thought I remember somebody sending one out to you, I was going to but they were faster and more generous I thought.  If so, who was it, they could help us here.

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Thanks, that could be.   Just having a hard time seeing it with the pics provided so I thought that I would rather be safe then sorry.  I guess the old eyes are not what they used to be when staring at this screen.  :D
javeryh:

--- Quote from: bfauska on August 22, 2007, 03:30:21 pm ---Jav,
Didn't somebody here make that plug for you?  I don't remember who it was but I thought I remember somebody sending one out to you, I was going to but they were faster and more generous I thought.  If so, who was it, they could help us here.
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Yes, spacies sent it to me earlier this year (for free!). 

I will definitely post more pics from different angles tonight.  I'll also see about cutting the plug off of my SmartStrip and getting a few shots of what's going on in there.  My wire cutter isn't going to be big enough to cut through but I'll think of something.  I'm literally going to need someone to tell me to connect the green wire to the red wire, etc.  Better to be safe than sorry.   :cheers:
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