whoaru99
Epic Member
There is an IEC standard and there is an AES standard, both are Pin 2 hot. There is no US Standard, per se.
A reference to "US standard" is usually a reference to the old days where a few US manufacturers used Pin 3 hot. Here you see an example of that archane reference carried forward into a Marantz AV7005 manual that mentions the "USA" method of wiring. It was by no means a standard and was by no means the "USA" method, even back in the day (although, again, a few mfgs. did it that way). Personally, I own a fair number of units Made In USA going back nearly 40 years. Not a single one of them uses Pin 3 hot.
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