With AC, it doesn't really matter unless you have a system like we do in the UK. In the UK the wires are green- yellow striped, brown and blue, and brown being live, blue neutral and the other is earth. Brown goes to the fuse in the plug. You don't get 2 pinned plugs, ever. The fuse in the plug augments the fusebox.
In reality, a 2 pin system will likely work either way round, as AC cycles, rather that sending direct current. My UK yoyo does not use the third pin at all (no connection to the terminal), so 2 pin should be fine. M Sent from my iPhone On 21 Oct 2010, at 18:59, Dan Usmar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently (re-)acquired myself a clamshell iBook with a mostly- > complete yo-yo charger. I say mostly, because the bit that actually > plugs into the wall is missing the plug for the wall socket. > > It shouldn't be any great difficulty to put a new three-pin plug on; > unfortunately I can't tell which is the live and which is the > neutral. There's a subtle difference in colour between the two, but > not one I'd want to stake my fusebox on..... > > Can anyone point me at a reference that unambiguously identifies > them? I haven't found one, but my knowledge of the more esoteric > depths of the Apple support base is limited. > > Thanks, > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
