wiring up an old amp

Discussion in 'ICE' started by sidgolf, Jun 9, 2008.

  1. sidgolf Forum Member

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    just got a big old panasonic amp off e-bay,and whilst the loudspeaker conn. etc are obvious,the main power ones have got me stumped.

    the amps that im used to just have a +ve,a ground,and a conn.for the trigger wire from the h.u.

    this thing has a +ve,a ground as usual,and also one marked "cont" and one marked"acc".

    the only way i can coax any life out of it is to connect the +ve and ground
    as usual,the h.u. trigger-wire to "acc" term.,and then connect the final term.("cont") across to the +ve term.
    is this correct?,and if so,why didnt they just combine the "cont" and the+ve terminals to begin with?
     
  2. StuMc

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    You would necessarily have to use all the connections. Various ones would be provided for different applications.

    I`d read `cont.` as `control`, and `acc` as `accesories`.

    So, you could try wiring the trigger wire to `cont` and leave `acc` alone.
     
  3. sidgolf Forum Member

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    ok will try that,
    have been looking all over the internet for clues but the sites ive seen all assume there are just the +ve,earth and trigger-wires terminals to connect-up,so it seems as if this amp is an odd-ball.
    thanks anyway.
     
  4. drunkenalan Paid Member Paid Member

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    as stu said, I would have thought that ACC would be an output
     

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