From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Fri Sep 20 18:46:24 2002
Subject:Re: Leslie Question

Hi Chris,

The 3-pin XLR connector is rated at pretty high current -- I believe it's 15A per pin -- and so can handle the needs of the motors. I don't think I would use mic cable to connect them together (except, like Ken, in a pinch), but a nice piece of rubberized 18/3 should work OK.

A bigger issue is to make sure that some idiot doesn't plug a microphone in there! One possibility would be to use an 4- or 5-pin XLR connector. Their pins are rated at 10A (XLR-4) and 7.5A (XLR-5); the XLR-5 would be OK for the top motors, which don't work as hard. The downside, of course, is that XLR-3 connectors/cables are available everywhere, while the higher pin counts might have to be specially ordered.

Regards,

-BW

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At 11:35 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Ken
>
>I'm in the midst of a chopped 147 myself - does the XLR connector run loose
>from the top half down to
>the amp, or plug into a plate on the bottom half with internal connections
>to the amp.
>
>Also is this safe ?
>
>CW