Re: Ten years after

[Ted Thompson <tthompsn@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>]

RickP@Tyrell.Net wrote:
> 
> David Dillon wrote:
> >
> > But it is common for the insulation on old wires to become brittle
> > with age, and to crack and fall off.  In the oldest Hammond organs,
> > the first wires that seem to have this problem are the most dangerous
> > ones -- the AC power input and distribution wires.  If the insulation
> > falls off of two wires run together, this could create a short circuit
> > and a possible severe fire hazard.
> 
> This is certainly true.  I have been working on a C3 (~1961) that the AC
> wires were bare in several places.  I did not notice this immediately,
> until I darkened the entire basement.  Good thing the organ was off at
> the time.
> 
> RickP@Tyrell.Net


Fellow Hammondites,

Other points of danger are the 6 conductor cable segment between the 
juntion box and preamp (Also run to the outside world on very old models) 
and the pedal light zip cord on later models.


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