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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Adding a 3 prong plug to vintage synth?

2010-03-29 by Troy Cromwell

I just did something similar with my KX88. It came with the old school 2-prong, but I wanted to use a standard 3-prong cable.
I snagged a 3 prong socket out of an old computer power supply, and I removed the old 2-prong socket from the keyboard and installed the new one. I had to use a dremel to widen the area so that the new 3-prong socket would fit. Then I just soldiered the hot and neutral back to the new socket, and I soldiered a green wire to the socket ground and ran the other end of the green wire to a screw in the chassis.

On 3/28/2010 5:12 PM, plastikanimal wrote:

Anyone know how to do this safely?
If the ground wire is going to the metal case, can it be connected to the third prong instead?
Would this cause a ground loop or some other problem?

I ask because my JX-8P needs a new plug installed. I was thinking of "upgrading" it to modern standards.

Good idea or bad?


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