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Pilot Model 500 tube amp from console power socket

HeathS

Kentucky
I have a pilot 4500 console with a model 500 tube amp and I am trying to figure out how to install jumpers to power the amp so I can use it without the tuner / turntable. Does anyone know where the jumpers go on this particular amp?
 
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Turn the amp over and look at the power transformer. If it has two black wires coming out of it, these are the 120 volt input.
 
Thanks, I had found the power switch wires, but thought maybe I needed to jump another pair elsewhere. My problem turned out to be that the 12 gauge wire I used was too thin to make good Contact. I'll now solder that connection inside, rather than use the jumper.

If someone is curious about which pins to jump to get power on their Pilot 500 amp, it should be pins 5 and 6 on the power socket.
 
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