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Question: Is there a spin doctor in the house?

evil holiday magic — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:12:13 -0800

I need a turntable to spin. That's it.

I bought the turntable part of an old record player on eBay. It needs a base, and it has some wires trailing from it. I don't need it to do anything except spin. Any ideas how I can get this puppy spinning from the mains power?

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By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:36:04 -0800

This is the motor. That thing at the top with the cloth tape over it is the motor coil. You should find two wires coming out of the coil. If you apply mains voltage to those, the motor will spin. I expect that if you trace those wires, you will find that one of them leads to a switch; that's the one you should connect the hot side to (or connect to the far side of the switch from the motor coil wire, if you want the switch to work). The wire that doesn't go to the switch will be you neutral wire, and your earth should connect to the chassis.

Don't apply mains voltage to the wires that connect to the tonearm, as you may well set fire to the cartridge.

By: evil holiday magic

evil holiday magic — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:17:13 -0800

Thanks flabdablet. I will report back with the results.

By: evil holiday magic

evil holiday magic — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:17:44 -0800

OK, results, yes. I clipped the wires leading to the motor coil from whatever they were connected to, and attached a power cord with some wire nuts. It worked. The end.