Kevin,

If you have any kind of continuity checker, you can figure out which wire 
goes where with 100% success.  Connect one lead from the checker to some 
part of the case that you know is ground, such as the outer part of one of 
the SO-239s.  Touch the other lead to one of the wires you have connected to 
the power jack, and whichever one gives you the least resistance is the 
ground wire.

It also turns out that the outer part of the plug is ground, so if you clip 
one lead to the outer part of the plug, whatever wire gives you 0 ohms 
resistance is ground.  I've hooked up my TW2 this way without frying 
anything, so I know it works.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 20:03
Subject: Re: The TW2 came.


> Hi Tom.
>
> I checked the box that the TW2 came in as well as the box that they packed
> the box with the TW2, and there's no 12 volt wall wart.  There is the lead
> that can be hooked to my Astron, but I have two things going against me.
> First, my hands aren't coordinated enough to put the wires on the 
> terminals,
> and second, and more importantly, I don't know what wire goes where.  As a
> friend of mine said I have a 50 50 chance, but I really don't want the 
> blue
> sparks coming out of this nice new meter.  I can wait until tomorrow or
> Friday to get what I need.
>
> I may have fun and switch the meter to German.  I can learn the numbers 
> that
> way. <grin>
>
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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