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#42083 - 09/16/02 04:49 AM ac plug with kn7000
Alain Offline
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Registered: 02/28/99
Posts: 380
Loc: De Panne , Belgium
I bought a kn7000 in England.
I just received it....but I can't play with it.
There is a strange ac plug and I don't know how to use this...
Is this a plug for England ?
Thanks,
Alain

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#42084 - 09/16/02 05:51 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Lloyd Erickson Offline
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Registered: 07/28/02
Posts: 82
Loc: Port Richey, Fl.
Alain:
In the owners manual, see Pg. 2 for info. on the plug that is supplied for UK instruments.Please read the caution instructions. Hope this helps. Lloyd

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#42085 - 09/16/02 07:32 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Alain Offline
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Registered: 02/28/99
Posts: 380
Loc: De Panne , Belgium
problem solved...I use an other cord with a normal plug from a stereo installation...and it works...

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#42086 - 09/16/02 09:13 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
kozykeys Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 203
Loc: york england
Not really on if the plug does'nt fit on a £2000+ instrument is it . Seems to me a lot of little things seem to be going wrong with this machine, according to the posts from technics forum members.Maybe I will have a re-think about my order.
jan
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#42087 - 09/16/02 09:18 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
technicsplayer Offline
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Registered: 01/17/02
Posts: 3319
he bought the machine in England, and he lives in Belgium. It is not really surprising that the mains plug is different!

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#42088 - 09/16/02 09:20 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Johnnie.c Offline
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Registered: 08/12/01
Posts: 562
Loc: England
Quote:
Originally posted by kozykeys:
Not really on if the plug does'nt fit on a £2000+ instrument is it . Seems to me a lot of little things seem to be going wrong with this machine, according to the posts from technics forum members.Maybe I will have a re-think about my order.
jan

You will see that Alain bought his 7000 in England, that means it will be fitted with a 13 amp three pin plug as is normal
I suspect that they use a different style plug in Belgium as in most other places around the world so it would not be a problem to change
So with you being in England it would have the right plug attached.

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#42089 - 09/16/02 09:23 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Johnnie.c Offline
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Registered: 08/12/01
Posts: 562
Loc: England
Quote:
Originally posted by Alain:
I bought a kn7000 in England.
I just received it....but I can't play with it.
There is a strange ac plug and I don't know how to use this...
Is this a plug for England ?
Thanks,
Alain

Just cut the English 13amp three pin plug & fit one that you use in Belgium
Johnnie

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#42090 - 09/16/02 09:31 AM Re: ac plug with kn7000
John North Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 449
Loc: Alfreton, Derbyshire, England
Alain. A note of CAUTION. The Plug for the UK model is fitted with a 5 amp fuse.

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#42091 - 09/16/02 12:59 PM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Bill Norrie Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 2330
Loc: North Yorkshire UK
By Law, all mains powered electrical equipment for use in UK, must be fitted with a moulded 3pin 13Amp type plug. As John says, there is a 5 amp fuse in this plug, (whose purpose is to protect the cable, not the instrument) but if I remember correctly, the continental mains plugs do not have a facility for fitting a fuse in the plug.

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Willum

[This message has been edited by Bill Norrie (edited 09-16-2002).]
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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music.
Aldous Huxley
( especially when the music is played on a KN7000....)

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#42092 - 09/16/02 01:48 PM Re: ac plug with kn7000
Richard Bools Offline
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Registered: 12/19/99
Posts: 23
Indeed. You are relying on the fuse inside the 7000's internal power supply for protection. The philosphy of fusing in the UK is that a particular fuse is only designed to protect whatever is down the chain as far as the next fuse. I would imagine that the 7000 has something like a 1A internal fuse on the mains side of its power supply, assuming a maximum power consumption somewhat less than 100W at full blast!

Richard.

[This message has been edited by Richard Bools (edited 09-16-2002).]

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