Jasor31385
New Member
Hey there.
I'm planning on cutting off the male end of a regular power strip and connecting a chassis-mount female end. I guess they would be C13 and C14, standard US plugs with the ground pin. My question are these: what does the inside of a power strip cord look like? Is there shielding? Will there be three obvious wires inside or will I need to twist up shielding to create the ground wire? How will I know which wire goes to which pin (positive and neutral?) and finally...what will happen if I don't get it right the first time? Will it catch on fire or will it just not work until I switch the pos. and neutral?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
-Jason
I'm planning on cutting off the male end of a regular power strip and connecting a chassis-mount female end. I guess they would be C13 and C14, standard US plugs with the ground pin. My question are these: what does the inside of a power strip cord look like? Is there shielding? Will there be three obvious wires inside or will I need to twist up shielding to create the ground wire? How will I know which wire goes to which pin (positive and neutral?) and finally...what will happen if I don't get it right the first time? Will it catch on fire or will it just not work until I switch the pos. and neutral?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
-Jason