evman140 wrote:

So all I will ultimately be doing is adding a wall plug?

No offense taken mika.

Im still going to get that picture everyone.

or connect a long power cord to the wire ends [the cut-cable ends that is] at the back of the BL5000 and stick other end in an existing power wall plug, but.............................be carefull to connect everything correctly otherwise the amp will blow a fuse [at least] and you will do the same after that a presume. I've done this several times at the back of my BL4500's and it''s not difficult and there is enought room at the back in front of the switches for the power connectors, but just make certain the connections are correct.

evman140 wrote:

So all I will ultimately be doing is adding a wall plug?

Yes, I guess Bieele is right and they have been just cut off. Did you get the speakers as a working pair? Over here cutting the power cords is a common (and annoying) practice of marking electrical items in unknown condition...

You can just splice a new cord with a plug into the old remains, but I personally don't like that solution. Somebody some day might accidentally yank the connection loose, and then you have live wires dangling about.

I get it! 😐

They have done exactly what I have done on my wall mounted BL2000 and BL3500. No visible cables!

I have placed the cables for mains and ML in the wall. To be able to connect the mains I needed to cut the mains cable. No problem if you know what you´re doing.

But of course I've saved the cut parts so I can reconnect them if needed. If (heaven forbid) heel freeze over and I sell them I would get a new cable for them.

/Sherlock

So I guess my next question is, if the polarity a major player in the plug? It may sound stupid, I'm just trying to get things right. Does it use same size prongs or unequal?

As standard they come with a two pin plug so the polarity is not a problem - having said that, they usually have a blue and beown wire so I would attach the brown to live and blue to neutral anyway!

tournedos wrote:

evman140 wrote:

So all I will ultimately be doing is adding a wall plug?

Yes, I guess Bieele is right and they have been just cut off. Did you get the speakers as a working pair? Over here cutting the power cords is a common (and annoying) practice of marking electrical items in unknown condition...

You can just splice a new cord with a plug into the old remains, but I personally don't like that solution. Somebody some day might accidentally yank the connection loose, and then you have live wires dangling about.

...........Not to mention a fire risk - don't do it. Replace the cable properly.

Get the power chords replaced.

If you can't do it yourself then leave it to your local electronic repair shop.

I have replaced several myself, it's not rocket science and should not cost much.

Yea I'm going to do it myself, and I will be repalcaing the entire thing for many obvious reasons.

I'm not anywhere near them right now so I cant look, are the cord connections just tie ins with screws or soldered?

Soldered.

Well all everything is running smoothly, I am very appreciative. Thank you to all who helped gettin my labs going!