Phonoland

Oh, Oh, going backwards on this Seeburg V. The wire loom going to the keyboard selector has a wire getting hot inside of it. The selector does not have a latch coil. It is long gone. The latch coil has been replaced by a piece of bailing wire to simulate a powered latch coil. There are two orphan white wires that once powered the latch coil. There is also a red wire with a white tracer next to the white wires. No idea where that once went. At the other end of the selector, where the counters once were, there is a connection to ground. It shows in the pictures with the yellow pencil pointing to it. I haven't figured that one out yet. The entire wire loom looks really rough. I hate to remove the cloth covering (what is left of it) but perhaps I should for a look.

When Anna heard about the "hot wires" she brought out a bag of marshmallows. Not exactly sure what they are for but she knows I like toasted marshmallows.

I suppose a color code index would not really be needed if so many modifications had not been made since the wiring diagrams are in the manual. It would be nice for helping to be certain where the offending wires go (used to go). Someone, at least, did tape the naked ends up with masking tape or cellophane tape and some were fortunate enough to be treated to a piece of heat shrink.

Unfortunately, at the time the V was built, Seeburg was purchasing pre-colored wire--and they often "ran out", so you will note, there are no colors shown in the schematics. Wire colors tended to stay the same, but sometime changed from production run to production run. In this case, yep--marshmallow's seem appropriate-- You will probably need to remove the cloth covering--When I do so, if the string is OK, I just leave it. If the string is bad, I used to re-string them, but have become "more lazy-er" in the last 25 or so years and just use plastic wire ties, about every two-three inches. Ron Rich