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Hi there!

I have an old Cocktail cab that has a worn out power cable that needs replacing. I have converted my other cocktail cab to a newer style arcade on/off switch with a new 3 prong grounded cable successfully but this cab is giving me problems.

The power cord has 2 colors and is non polarized
White - neutral
Black - hot

So what I want to do is splice the original wire and add a new end to it so I can put that end in a strip plug inside the cab.

Aka: external on/off rocker to strip plug, then strip plug has a socket taken by the original psu/monitor inside the cocktail.

So I did what any sane person would do, I got a multimeter out and checked continuity from the hot (black) end of the plug to the black section of the fuse/wiring inside the cab.
But noticed that the white and black have continuity???

I don't want to mess things and just got by color.

Would it mess anything up if I soldered the black wire of the original psu to a spliced new cable head and the white part of the cable to a new cable head?

Just being cautious
 

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This is what my other cab looks like on the exterior aka what I want to do to this cab
And the inside.
I basically inversed the old psu cable to turn it into a 3 prong grounded cable to plug right into a strip plug that has an exterior on/off switch
But that one did not have continuity between the hot/neutral wire so it was easier.
Plus it was originally a 3 prong cable compared to my now 2 prong cable


FYI.
In the cab in question, it has the white cable going to an on/off toggle then it goes up to the psu.

The black wire goes right to a fuse then goes up to the psu
 

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I read that:
Fuses should always be connected to the hot wire and should be placed before any other component in the circuit. In most projects, the fuse should be the first thing the hot wire connects to after it enters your project enclosure.

So that makes sense that the black wire is going to the fuse.

But the white wire is on the toggle switch, that seems off to me?? I thought you don't toggle a neutral
 
Figured it out. :)
Non polarized means haha non polarized

So I just wired the black wire to the black wire on my 3 prong grounded cable and the white cable to the white cable on the 3 prong grounded cable.

Basically just replaced the end with a newer end that looks polarized aka only 1 way it goes in the wall.

Tada! Hope this helps someone someday
 
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