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Anonymous Posted on Feb 14, 2010

Change euro electrical plug to north american

I have a device that is 120/240 compatible (just flick a switch). it has european plugs on the power cord. i want to replace the euro plugs with north american plugs without using an adapter. how do i do this?

  • Anonymous Feb 18, 2010

    The power cord has two wires, blue and brown

    These wires connect to a PCB inside. The blue connects to a point called P and the brown connects to N on this PCB.

    When connecting to a North American plug, the blue wire connects to "hot".

  • Anonymous Feb 19, 2010

    I dont want to argue about this, but I tested the wires with a multimeter.

    In this particular device, blue = hot and brown = neutral.

    If you follow the UK color codes, then this device would have power running through it even though the power switch is off. That is NOT good.

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As long as the mains cable running into the deck has only 120 volts going down and the switch is set to 120, there's no reason why you can't cut off the euro plug and fit a USA type plug.

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    Grubhead Feb 18, 2010

    Don't want you blowing yourself up or anything, so I will tell you the UK colour codes, which are Brown, Blue & Green & Yellow.

    Brown goes to the LIVE terminal. And Blue goes to the neutral terminal.

    You don't have a green & yellow, but for future reference that's the earth.

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