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Old 6th August 2009   #508
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Originally Posted by copiapoa View Post
I will disassemble it and I will find this magic second wire.
Good luck. Because if there is a hidden wire from the safety ground lug, the whole ill purpose of this ground lift switch is defeated and it's just a fake switch!

In the distortion box, you can clearly see how it's done. Safety ground lug goes to the upper contact row of the switch. The center row (which is the "output" of the switch) goes through the other red wire somewhere, hopefully to the chassis.

Flipping the unit backwards, you can see how it's spelled in the panel. Switch up = ground lift. Switch down = grounded.


http://papa-movie.com/Distortion_Box...panel_2035.jpg

When the switch is down, the contacts slide up and connect the upper contact row of the switch to the center contact row. Flipped up, vice versa.
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