"Dave Plowman (Criminal Lunatic)


** Not the case with units exported to Australia.

I suppose I'll have to take your word for it.

** Go and get ****ed.


33s and FM3s were supplied with a 2 wire lead with a US style 2 pin plug
- so most owners changed the US style plug on the 33 to an Aussie 3
pin one. FM3s simply plugged into one of the 33's two pin switched
outlets.

The 33 I have here has a three pin Bulgin mains input, where the earth
pin is connected to chassis. On a totally Quad installation you used a
three core mains lead to it, and it provided the mains ground to
everything else. The mains to the 303 (or early 405) would be a two core
fed from the US mains outlet on the back of the 33 - as would the FM
tuner.

** Totally unsafe and illegal in Australia and most places.


303 and 405 Power amps were safety earthed via their 3 wire AC leads.

I really don't believe that Quad altered things to that extent for other
countries.

** Quad altered nothing.

The responsibility to comply with safety regs was with the local importers.

Originally " British Merchandising" and then "Audio Engineers".


Most of the 303s I worked on were from recording studios and the Bulgin
plug and sockets had been changed to XLR-LNE mains connectors.

Any half decent facility would also use balanced inputs.

** So what - FOAD you stinking TROLL.


FYI:

It has long been illegal to supply a non standard IEC mains lead in
Australia - they are classed as "prescribed items" and must carry
agency approval.

Again, I'm not really interested in the quirks of OZ regs.


** Nothing quirky - just far more sane than the ****ing absurd pommy ones.



** All 405s have a 3 pin IEC mains inlet, so are safety grounded.

I have never come across anyone so ****ing stupid as to interfere
with
this here in Australia.

Not surprising if they're all as thick as you.

** Huh ???

Try learning to READ you ****ING MORON !!

Are you trying to tell me regs in OZ haven't changed since the mid 70s
when the 405 arrived?

** Try learning to READ you ****ING MORON !!


They have in the UK. And providing a safety ground via a DIN cable doesn't
conform.

** Try learning to READ you ****ING MORON !!


Now accepting these things were changed for a good reason - and adopted by
Quad themselves - do you still say what Quad did in the original version
'must not be interfered with'?

** Try learning to READ you ****ING MORONIC **** !!

Quad fitted an **IEC** 3 pin inlet to every 405 with safety ground
included.

All Australians did was ****ING USE IT as required by law.

God I how I hope you ancient, ****ed up 405s KILL YOU !!!!!!!!!



..... Phil