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MotorBikeLes · 18th Sep 2019, 8:22 pm

The mains lead has been "unobtanium" for 30 years. however, back then I had a few leads which were"wet and green". The HCl out of the PVC coating had been busy dissolving up the copper cores, and as well as looking green, it really did feel wet. Any cable you do get wants checking as it could be one of those early types. The last mains leads i got from TQ/Tek were only available with EU ends on them, and then they were no more.
What I would do was to remove the socket, cut a suitable piece of tufnol, drill it to take a restraint, and terminate that in the same way the socket was terminated.
Les.

18th Sep 2019, 8:22 pm	#82
MotorBikeLes Nonode Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kirk Michael, Isle of Man Posts: 2,350	Re: Telequipment D75 scope. The mains lead has been "unobtanium" for 30 years. however, back then I had a few leads which were"wet and green". The HCl out of the PVC coating had been busy dissolving up the copper cores, and as well as looking green, it really did feel wet. Any cable you do get wants checking as it could be one of those early types. The last mains leads i got from TQ/Tek were only available with EU ends on them, and then they were no more. What I would do was to remove the socket, cut a suitable piece of tufnol, drill it to take a restraint, and terminate that in the same way the socket was terminated. Les.