Plug/adapter mismatch

[Baboontyme 2809]

I am looking for a way to match cheaply made Chinese components. 

I have a fog machine, cheaply made in China and with little to no supporting specs or documentation. It has a wireless remote receiver that can be plugged into the main body that allows you to control it with a wireless remote. The connector is a round, 3 pin male plug, as pictured on the left. 

I have a 3rd party component, also cheaply made in China and with little to no supporting specs or documentation. It plugs into a fog machine's female remote receiver plug, and allows you to control the interval and timing of the fog release. Just not mine. You see, this connector is a more traditional 3 pin plug, as pictured on the right. 

I could send my fog machine back and order another one and hope that this one has the right connector, or try to inspect pictures on Amazon to see if they match the connector. But I'm wondering if there might be some way to either find an adapter or just rewire the damn thing. I have done some searching to try to find names of the different types of plugs and I've come up with C14 for the one on the right but coming up empty on the round 3 pin. 

Any help? /Not an electrician /Will be used outdoors so don't care if I start a fire

[Baboontyme 2809]

This is what the back of the fog machine looks like (bottom pic). It appears that all of the ones in this category have similar plug fittings. 

[Bat Guano 359]

My plug fit in your mom's adapter last night.

[RPM 26317]

Cut the end off of the one that fits, splice it onto the one that doesn't fit. Profit.

[Gil Bang 25919]

yeah, cut and splice job

[Baboontyme 2809]

I figured I was going to try that just didn't know what my chances were of it actually working. I guess if it doesn't work I can splice back the original end on so I can use the remote as intended. 

[Gil Bang 25919]

do you have a continuity tester?  I'd start there, so you can identify what goes where.

[Baboontyme 2809]

Ok. One has a blue, gold, and yellow with green stripe wires. The other has white black and green. Does it matter? 

Guessing yellow with green and green are ground? I have nofa king idea. 

 

 

[Gil Bang 25919]

that's why a continuity tester would be good.  

[Baboontyme 2809]

6 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

that's why a continuity tester would be good.  

So you're saying it matters? Ha. I definitely don't have one of those. 

[Baboontyme 2809]

Found this. Rolling with it.

 

Power Cord Color Codes
 

See also my page on rewiring Fender amps to grounded cords

BLACK = HOT
WHITE = NEUTRAL
GREEN = GROUND

If you use a computer power cord or other cord based on the international wiring color code:

BROWN = HOT
BLUE = NEUTRAL
GREEN/YELLOW STRIPE = GROUND

[Francisco 2.0 32387]

1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

I figured I was going to try that just didn't know what my chances were of it actually working. I guess if it doesn't work I can splice back the original end on so I can use the remote as intended. 

 

1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

Ok. One has a blue, gold, and yellow with green stripe wires. The other has white black and green. Does it matter? 

Guessing yellow with green and green are ground? I have nofa king idea. 

 

 

 

54 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

So you're saying it matters? Ha. I definitely don't have one of those. 

 

42 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Found this. Rolling with it.

 

Power Cord Color Codes
 

See also my page on rewiring Fender amps to grounded cords

BLACK = HOT
WHITE = NEUTRAL
GREEN = GROUND

If you use a computer power cord or other cord based on the international wiring color code:

BROWN = HOT
BLUE = NEUTRAL
GREEN/YELLOW STRIPE = GROUND

 

 

This will end in tears.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21874]

Please video your experiment and leave a note for someone to find on your dead body with posting instructions

[Wally Fairway 5541]

https://www.radioshack.com/apps/store-locator

[Shenanigans 31]

The round 3-pin connector looks like an XLR connector, commonly used in musical equipment.

Buy a cheap multimeter and you'll be able to check the continuity of the pins. You should be able to splice a new connector pretty easily to it.

[Baboontyme 2809]

The chart above lied. At first the red light lit up as it was supposed to. But then it started smoking. 😂

I will pull it apart later and see what got fried. 

Re: XLR - I think those are quite a bit smaller aren't they? This thing is like 3/4". 

[Southernthunder 38]

So your fog machine is now a smoke machine? Interesting. 

[Shenanigans 31]

The size looks about right for me, but obviously I don't have anything for scale.

[orange dream 1246]

OP:

First he was like...

 

Then he was all...

[Digdogger 1344]

My guess would be that the round connector is not AC.  Probably some DC control signals

[Baboontyme 2809]

I threw the fried controller away and rewired the original round plug to the remote sensor. 

I gave up and dropped $100+ on a new fogger that has lights AND a timer integrated.