Victor Victrola power cord...HELP!

[Bruce_Van_Note]

I want to buy an "antique look" power cord that will connect a VV 8-4X to the wall outlet. I know a general extension cord would do the trick, but I'd like a power cord that looks like an original Victor cord. Do they exist? Where do I go? Who supplies them? HELP!

[Jerry B.]

You might try a business that caters to restoration of old homes and vintage furnishings. In Portland, OR the business is called "Rejuvination". I would think that any moderate to large city would have something similar.

[HisMastersVoice]

Try sundialwire.com, I order from them all the time.

[Kevin Aschenmeier]

Hi:
You might want to try Antique Electronic Supply. They can be found at Tubesandmore.com

Kevin

[FloridaClay]

Try sundialwire.com, I order from them all the time.

I use sundialwire too. You can get antique-style cloth covered wire and plugs of the type used back in the day.

Clay

[Garret]

Try sundialwire.com, I order from them all the time.

I use sundialwire too. You can get antique-style cloth covered wire and plugs of the type used back in the day.

Clay

It's good stuff. I've used it before, too!

[Andersun]

Here is an example of Sundial Wire....

[fmblizz]

Here are 3 cords on Ebay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-OLD-6-FOOT-CL ... 45ffff6eaf

Just need the male ends.


Blizz

[Garret]

Here are 3 cords on Ebay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-OLD-6-FOOT-CL ... 45ffff6eaf

Just need the male ends.


Blizz

Unless the wire is supple and like new, I would avoid it like the plague. One little crack in the rubber insulation, and you will have a fire waiting to happen. Seriously, save your house and yourself by purchasing new wire.

[Uncle Vanya]

The Orthophonic machines did not use twisted wire, they used parallel silk or rayon covered lamp cord, of a larger diameter than currently manufactured. One of the makers from whom I buy, a lamp supplier, had a shipment of cord come through which was oversized, and nearly identical to the original Victor cordage. I have a number of reels of this, and would offer it to you, but you would need to be a bit patient, as I am currently away from my home in MI, caring for my aged mother, who recently had a craniectomy. The attatchment caps used during the Orthophonic era were generally General Electric, and made of Bakelite, though some early production shared the composition Hubbell caps with the pre-orthophonic models. The female receptacle was usually Black composition until the 1928 models. I have hoarded some original cord ends, to, and could help you out with those if you haven't found the correct stuff by the time I'm able to go home.