help hooking up new turntable

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Offline aragorn723

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on: February 05, 2025, 08:16:08 AM
I just got a Technics SL-1500C and am very excited!  Been running a Uturn for years, which was nice, but time for an upgrade.  The 1500C has a separate ground cable, do I need to actually connect it?  The Uturn was self grounding, so this is something new to me (though very common from what i understand).  If this is really needed, what is the best way to hook it up to a Quickie?  I used to use a ground wire from the Quickie to an amp, but haven't needed that.. Would it be ok to simply hook up to that ground wire?  I think it was wired to the ground of the RCA jacks IIRC?

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Reply #1 on: February 05, 2025, 08:59:26 AM
You should hook the earthing wire to earth, which isn't present on the battery powered Quickie.  If you have an amplifier with a three wire power cord, you can connect that wire to a chassis screw on the amplifier.

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Reply #2 on: February 05, 2025, 09:34:04 AM
Ok cool, that will work.  The amp has a 3 prong plug.  Thanks!



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Reply #3 on: February 09, 2025, 07:47:38 PM
You should hook the earthing wire to earth, which isn't present on the battery powered Quickie.  If you have an amplifier with a three wire power cord, you can connect that wire to a chassis screw on the amplifier.
It helped me also, Thank you.