fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) Just received my new RCF 705 AS-ll and it arrived with a 16 amp, 2 round pin, mains cable. Anyone know what that's about ? I'd cut off the round pin and wire on a UK 3 pin, but a 16 amp fuse ? Weird Edited August 31, 2019 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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obbm Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) That's a European Shuko connector. Is the mains cable hard wired? It's not fused, that's just the maximum rating of the plug. Edited August 31, 2019 by obbm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hi OB 1 No, not hard wired, so wondering if i can snip the useless plug off, and wire on a UK plug, with 13 amp fuse. I have UK IEC cable here but this one is quite a bit longer and i'd like to keep it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 PS after speaking to Andertons, they said RCF usually put a UK mains cable inside, from the factory in Italy, but this one slipped through the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 59 minutes ago, fleabag said: so wondering if i can snip the useless plug off, and wire on a UK plug, with 13 amp fuse. Should be no problem at all, as OBBM mentioned, the Shuko isn't even fused. You will probably find a 5 amp fuse would be OK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 You usually get a euro cable in the box but a lot of suppliers throw in a UK cable separately. They are so cheap it isn't worth the labour of removing the two pin cable. Just cut the end off and wire in a three pin UK plug. the amp is only 700Wrms so a 5A fuse will be plenty. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I'm sure you all know this, but the Shuko is not really a two pin (maybe connector would be a more appropriate term) plug. The flat metal plate with the hole in at the top between the pins is the earth. So you will need to earth if you switch to a 3 pin UK plug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Thanks chaps - great info and yes, lobbed the funny looking plug off the end, and it the same colour coded wires as UK, so, blue / brown / green stripe. So yes, its earthed and slapped a 5 amp in as advised. Work out with the band planned for next week, so we'll see how the woofie beast behaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 One more question .. The PA main/top end cabs are active, well one cab is, so it powers the other cab ( daisy chained ) The powered main/top cab also has a sub out socket, so one of the guys said we can run the sub off that sub out socket, but does that mean we'll have that powered cab powering the amp in the RCF sub ? I dont like the idea of one amp driving another amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It will just be a line out, the actual heavy lifting will be done from the power amp in the sub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Oooh, bargain. Cheers Pedro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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