Oh Barrie, I’m not sure that selection is going to do your street cred much good !
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Never mind guys, I can take it! 2nd row back is Beatles, Elto John, Phil Collins, Van Morrison, Freddie Mercury etc, I’ll post a pic up shortly 
in the mean time, went round to my best mates earlier, and he said that he had an old hifi in the garage for me? Well, here’s the TT for starters.
going to attempt to sand it out and might spray it. Won’t be clear but will function as intended, hinges are fine. Straight pipe tone arm with counterweight and antiskate too!
So a stylus and a belt will see it good to go
Barrie
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Right, next piece, the ONKYO TX-1 7 Tuner amplifier! Absolutely filthy but working well this is now to undergo my cleaning process to make it visually nice as well as functional!
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That’s a bit better
makeshift aerial still pulling signals in, all functions seem to work? On to the cassette deck next. Dreading that as I just know the belts will have turned to goo
Still, it has Dolby B & C, metal tape and bias adjustment, peeks meter etc, although only a 2 head machine. For free though, it’s worth a go, I think Here’s a teaser.
Barrie
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I feel giddy after standing on my head to read the titles! 
The Onkyo units make a good looking system! 
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Sorry Roger didnt realise until after posting that it was all upside down 
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Barrie
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While I’m on, does anyone know anything about this fellow?
What are the plugs for these called? I have three for the ONKYO system (all wireable) but cant find anything about the plugs? Bandridge DU463 MAINS DISTRIBUTION UNIT 1500W total load.
Barrie
So all you need to do now is cram everything into one very small room with very little space to move around. Then invite around 3 or 4 students smelling of cannabis, the odd well to do gent who watches every penny, one old lady who hasn’t got a clue and half a dozen randomly selected members of the public.
One large white, black and red sign above the door and there you have it. The perfect reproduction of a Richer Sounds branch circa mid 80s.
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I’d be right at home Paul!
Barrie
Bought a Pioneer cartridge loaded CD player (6 discs per cartridge) from the one in Leeds near the City Varieties many years ago. I’ve seen walk in wardrobes bigger than the shop.
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I know what you mean Paul, the current Leeds shop isn’t much better! It’s the old Leeds chest clinic, opposite the top end of North Street.
Barrie
With regard to the mains distribution units. I had a couple of slightly lower rent versions of those many years ago with plugs. To be honest the plugs don’t fit very tight and can become disconnected with a light pull on the wire. I think they are a variation on the IEC plugs used on kettles, PC towers and similar.
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Hmmmm, yes Paul, they do look a bit like that. Some of the old Pioneer amps (and others) have switched/unswitched outlets to daisy chain separates in a stack. I thought I’d found it there but they are different configuration and I couldn’t find any plugs for them either! The pioneer timer I mentioned previously had one but I swapped the socket out for the type you mentioned?
Barrie
What I do is make sure all units have a power lead ending in a standard 3 pin plug with a fuse to suit its power consumption and then plug them into a Tacima 6 plug “mains cleaner” with a 13 amp fuse plugged into the mains, that way I can ensure that no combination of units in use at any time exceed the 13 amp max.
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Those flat sockets were an early predecessor to the IE 60320 connector system. Now no longer available nor legal because it allows an un-shrouded live pin to be touched during insertion.
Cut the mains plug off and bin it.
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I’m pretty sure the ones I had had shrouded live and neutral pins. Might well still have them tucked away in the garage. Will have a look tomorrow.
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Some (but not all) of the pins themselves had shrouds (like with 13A BS1363 plugs) and even if shrouded and they were damp (coffee spill? recently washed hands?) you could touch the shroud and still get a belt. One of my work tasks back in the early 1970s was to eliminate all such un-shrouded connectors from the local technical areas.
I’ve just had to reject a 12V plug-top supply because it did not meet BS1363 on spacing of pins from the edge of the plug, only 2mm when it should be at least 9.5mm, and was not as advertised.
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Your mine of useful and interesting information never ceases to amaze me Richard! Never knew that 9.5mm from the edge stuff. By the sounds of it there are plenty of manufacturers in China that don’t know or don’t care either. From now on I’ll be looking at plugs and adapters in a new light.
On a slightly different subject but linked to plugs, sockets and safety I recently had a worrying experience. Like most people I’ve got a plethora of those 4 way 13A adapter leads. From various sources over the years. Went to unplug one of the things connected to it and part of the white plastic cover shattered. Let go very quickly and turned off and unplugged at the socket and then examined it. The whole of the cover had gone brittle and powdered. Broke up in my hand rather like an ice cream wafer. We do live in a relatively modern house with the ring mains protected by an earth leakage circuit breaker so that would have provided some protection. I dread to think what could have happened without it. So the lesson is before you play around with any plugs, sockets and wires turn it off and disconnect from the wall.
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Had the crumbled adaptor been left to cook in the sun at all?
The UV from the sun causes the plasticiser to degrade (or evaporate or something) and the item becomes very fragile. External white waste drains and overflow pipes are classic examples, crumbling back to flush with the wall and the contents running down the brickwork. Hence windows being made of ‘uPVC’ where the ‘u’ means ‘un-plasticised’ so in theory they last a bit longer. (But being OCD, I had aluminium windows fitted.)
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