I rescued a Rigonda party time record player from a skip a couple of weeks ago, as always I checked the wiring in the plug. I am glad I did as not only were the live and neutral were reversed, the amount of bare wire around the connectors was an accident waiting to happen. Oh yes, it was fitted with a 13a fuse!
The worst was yet to come, the original lead had been extended rather badly.
Again there was way too much bare wire at the join, and the green insulating tape used had slid down the cable exposing live wires
It beggars belief how no one got electrocuted! Bodges like this are so common, I removed the extended cable and rewired the plug correctly and fitted a 2a fuse.
And yes, it does work fine other than a couple of noisy pots
Mark