wiring a plug dilemna

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    I've just got a Sansui 717 Tuner, but there's no plug on it and it has a black wire and a black and white wire. Which one goes to positive and which one goes negative.
    Any ideas anybody? Or does it not matter?
     
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    would guess the solid black is the negative, making the black and white the live..... caveat, etc......
     
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    That's kind of what I figured, but am going to ask the Sansui group as well!
     
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    Phew, no bangs, sparks or escaping magic smoke! So it works, will listen much and see how it sounds now.
    Thinking about it, it might be much like a figure of 8 plug in that polarity doesn't really matter
     
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    it's AC, so in theory will work either way
     
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    Hi,

    The black white wires are for the US system.

    Black is Live or 'Hot'

    White is neutral or 'Common'

    SCIDB
     
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    plug wiring

    The 'black and white' wire appears as a white line stretching the length of the black insulation to denote positive connection in European manufacture. In U.S.A. models there is usually a total black and a total white insulated wire. Black then denotes 'hot' or positive.
     
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