Members pink floyd cramer Posted December 13, 2006 Members Share Posted December 13, 2006 What is the purpose of the center, fatter pin on the male end of a 9-pin Leslie cable? It is actually the 10th pin and does not seem to be wired to anything. It broke off on my cable and I want to find out before I plug it back in and damage something. Thanks to anyone that can help me on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Take a look at THIS: http://www.mosweb.com/knowledgebase/leslie/id11.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted December 13, 2006 Members Share Posted December 13, 2006 That center pin is not a connecter, it's a guide pin. They have a polarizing key so that you don't plug it in the wrong way, so if it broke off be very very careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink floyd cramer Posted December 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2006 Thanks Gus and MC- I'll just order another amphenol plug, I assume that involves soldering all 9 pins but I can't really tell without tearing it apart further. As I understand it I can just pay close attention to the pin #s and I won't blow anything up as is- I may do that just to try out my Speakeasy preamp with it. BTW I got a tube Leslie but that 760 still rocks, esp. with a good fat smooth organ like the Electro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flattop Posted December 13, 2006 Members Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yes, care is needed. You have line voltage present in the cable which can do considerable harm. Many, many years ago, I came to the conclusion that it was electrically bad to have AC and audio present in the same unshielded cable. Now at first glance, this seems like a great idea that can be easily done. Get rid of all that hum that the sound man was continously complaining about. So, I disconnected the audio from the Leslie cable and sent it via its own cable. Hum was almost completely gone. Sound man loved it. The Hammond/Leslie sound changed considerably and not for the better. It took me a couple of gigs to realize that the 60 htz hum was an important element of the sound I had. I quickly reattached the audio in my Leslie cable. I was happy, my sound man not so happy. Now, what I have always wanted to know is this: Was the AC/Audio packaged this way because of financial consideration and the sound a happy accidental result? I can't imagine an engineer allowing AC/Audio together without there being some reason for it. Wes TaggartAnalogicshttp://www.analogics.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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