I have taken out the rotating speaker from an old organ that I wish to externalize to another organ.It has its own transformer (I thinklittle metal-layered box with a wire core in the middle) labeled 115v 60hz. i cut the wires from it that went to the main power supply for the organ. What I am wondering is, can I just solder a plug onto the ends of the power wires and plug it in? Eventually I would install a switch of some sort. Anyhow, because it has the little 115V thingy, how can I plug this thing in?
If you want grown ups to take you seriously, drop the word: thingy from your vocabulary.
Transformers can have extra Output terminals for different voltages. Re-wire yours as per the 1st set-up. You'll need a pwr. switch, altho it can be left energized, as in many devices' pwr. adaptors (which are just glorified transformers, eh? Your plan should work ok (house current is 110v, not 120 or 115, but hey). Hope somebody else can give you better specifics.
Nomad is wrong. US house voltages are 240 and 120 AC fed from a 480 xformer, not current. All you have to do is put a plug on the socalled 115 volt input. Down the road, you can add a switch if you wish or even wire it direct into the organ.
Go to HD or Lowes and buy a plug. They screw in no soldering necessary. Your last sentence means nothing to me. What little 115V thingy?? Also here is what you do once you have plug put on wire. You go outside and put the speaker in safe non flammable place on a concrete patio stone is really good. Then you get a long extension cord and plug the cord into speaker. This is far from you and house. Driveway is good. Take the other end of extension cord and plug her in. Rubber gloves might be a good idea. I once had a flash like you would not believe from a bad electric heater. The worst thing you can do is think that electricity is safe when dealing with a strange device.
