First Repair of the Year
My brother gave me a cable for his Wurlitzer keyboard that was broken.
I was pretty sure that all I needed to do was to cut off the bad end and then cut an old power cord for a computer and attach the good end. I was very careful to use a razor blade to cut the outer covering on the cable and not cut anything beneath it.
Here’s the part of the new cord with the wires inside.
Here is the new cord with the wires inside.
Before I cut any wires, I checked which pins went where on each plug and came up with this chart for how to connect the wires.
Old cable | New cable |
---|---|
White | Blue |
Black | Brown |
Green | Yellow/Green & Bare |
Then I (poorly) soldered the wires together and checked continuity and it looked good. I’m sure that I’ll get better at doing this the more I do it. I wrapped everything in electrical tape and returned the wire to my brother. He said it worked fine. Yay!