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A bit confused here. Putting a new plug on a TV power cable. Normally I'd buy a new one, but in this case the cable is behind a wall and it would be a much greater effort to replace the entire cable. I know that the green lead goes to ground and typically black to gold terminal and white to silver. BUT, this cord has a green, blue and brown wire.
Does it matter which terminal the brown goes to and which terminal the blue goes to, so long as they're the silver and gold terminals? FWIW, the cable is from a Panasonic TV.

EDIT: I believe I've found the answer. Saw several wiring diagrams (UK?) showing brown is live (brass) and blue is neutral (silver). If anyone is able to reconfirm, I'd feel better.

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If you can figure out which color lead is going to the larger spade on the plug, then that will also go to "silver" section of the new plug.


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For whatever odd reason, the plug I bought has identical-sized prongs.

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Bruce3404 wrote:

For whatever odd reason, the plug I bought has identical-sized prongs.


he meant off the old one, connect it to the new one so that the "left" prong goes into the larger slot, this is effectively the neutral





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Brown is positive (live, hot, line) and blue is the neutral... Guaranteed! When staring at the male plug with the ground lead on the bottom as if you were going to plug out in to you, the left terminal its the hot and the right its the neutral.


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If all else fails, use your multi meter and check for continuity.

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bob213 wrote:

If all else fails, use your multi meter and check for continuity.

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Assuming you cut the plug off... check color to pin continuity.


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