"Hogarth" wrote in message
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Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Pacific Radio in Burbank has them. I think they come in 12", 18", and 24".
Visit www.pacrad.com
I think they also have some in neon orange, and maybe green, but I don't
remember for sure if that was where they came from. I believe there are
other sources as well. In fact, you might even try Musician's Friend. I
also remember a link (I think it was in a message on this newsgroup, or
possibly rec.audio.tech) about some short cables which split out to 2
females, like a "Y" cord for power. I believe it was marketed as a solution
for getting your wallwarts to fit nicer in your power strip. You plug the
extension into the power strip, and then plug 2 wall warts into the other
end, and still have access to the sockets on either side of the plug in the
power strip. Looked real handy.

Kendall



Seems like it can't be good, having all those 6-foot cords coiled up in
the bottom of my rack case, can it?

tia-

I think they also have some in neon orange, and maybe green,
but I don't remember for sure if that was where they came from.

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

I think they also have some in neon orange, and maybe green,
but I don't remember for sure if that was where they came from.

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

"Hogarth" wrote in message
...
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Seems like it can't be good, having all those 6-foot cords coiled up in
the bottom of my rack case, can it?

tia-


it can be good (or at least that is one school of thought) if you have a
MOV or some other type of TVSS / surge arrester. the extra inductance
provided by the coiled up power cord might help prevent damage in the event
of brief voltage surges.

this is not a claim that i can substantiate with hard facts or references,
rather its a tip that was given to me by old radio engineers.

"Hogarth" wrote in message
...
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Seems like it can't be good, having all those 6-foot cords coiled up in
the bottom of my rack case, can it?

tia-


it can be good (or at least that is one school of thought) if you have a
MOV or some other type of TVSS / surge arrester. the extra inductance
provided by the coiled up power cord might help prevent damage in the event
of brief voltage surges.

this is not a claim that i can substantiate with hard facts or references,
rather its a tip that was given to me by old radio engineers.

http://www.altex.com/

I bought mine here. They have various colors and will build them to specific
length.

Doug Joyce
Animix Productions
Durango, CO

"Hogarth" wrote in message
...
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Seems like it can't be good, having all those 6-foot cords coiled up in
the bottom of my rack case, can it?

tia-

http://www.altex.com/

I bought mine here. They have various colors and will build them to specific
length.

Doug Joyce
Animix Productions
Durango, CO

"Hogarth" wrote in message
...
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Seems like it can't be good, having all those 6-foot cords coiled up in
the bottom of my rack case, can it?

tia-

Hogarth wrote:
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Most varieties under $2 here http://cablewholesale.com/catalog/powercords.htm

Hogarth wrote:
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Most varieties under $2 here http://cablewholesale.com/catalog/powercords.htm

In article m writes:

other sources as well. In fact, you might even try Musician's Friend. I
also remember a link (I think it was in a message on this newsgroup, or
possibly rec.audio.tech) about some short cables which split out to 2
females, like a "Y" cord for power. I believe it was marketed as a solution
for getting your wallwarts to fit nicer in your power strip.

http://www.cyberguys.com has those. Another cool thing that they have
is an IEC power cord that only has the ground lead connected, no power
leads.

It would make a good April Fool joke for sure, but the intent is to
ground the chassis when you're working with electrostatic sensitive
components. That way, when you "touch the chassis to discharge
yourself" you're actually running your static charge to ground. It's
probably a bit safer in the long run than tying yourself to an
ungrounded chassis (which would put you and the chassis at equal
potential).


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article m writes:

other sources as well. In fact, you might even try Musician's Friend. I
also remember a link (I think it was in a message on this newsgroup, or
possibly rec.audio.tech) about some short cables which split out to 2
females, like a "Y" cord for power. I believe it was marketed as a solution
for getting your wallwarts to fit nicer in your power strip.

http://www.cyberguys.com has those. Another cool thing that they have
is an IEC power cord that only has the ground lead connected, no power
leads.

It would make a good April Fool joke for sure, but the intent is to
ground the chassis when you're working with electrostatic sensitive
components. That way, when you "touch the chassis to discharge
yourself" you're actually running your static charge to ground. It's
probably a bit safer in the long run than tying yourself to an
ungrounded chassis (which would put you and the chassis at equal
potential).


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article writes:

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

I put labels on the plug end of my power cords (at least those that I
expect to be unplugging) so I know where they other end goes. But
these days IEC cords are so cheap that if I'm moving a piece of
equipment with an IEC power socket either to the field or the bench, I
just leave its power cord in place and use another one.


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article writes:

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

I put labels on the plug end of my power cords (at least those that I
expect to be unplugging) so I know where they other end goes. But
these days IEC cords are so cheap that if I'm moving a piece of
equipment with an IEC power socket either to the field or the bench, I
just leave its power cord in place and use another one.


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article ,
Hogarth wrote:
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Digi-Key has 'em down to a foot, I think.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

In article ,
Hogarth wrote:
Too lazy to make my own cords, I guess, but not too lazy to spend about
an hour looking around the internet with no success for short (say 18
inches or so) IEC power cords for the back of my rack. Anyone got a
source?

Digi-Key has 'em down to a foot, I think.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
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I think they also have some in neon orange, and maybe green,
but I don't remember for sure if that was where they came from.

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

How hard is it to trace an 18" power cord?

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
:

I think they also have some in neon orange, and maybe green,
but I don't remember for sure if that was where they came from.

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

How hard is it to trace an 18" power cord?

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

How hard is it to trace an 18" power cord?


In a dark area, with the cords semi-tangled, it can be quite difficult.

I have an equipment rack on casters, with over a dozen processors in it, and it
can be hard to trace the cables.

It would be a good idea to mix colors, to make it easier to trace them.

How hard is it to trace an 18" power cord?


In a dark area, with the cords semi-tangled, it can be quite difficult.

I have an equipment rack on casters, with over a dozen processors in it, and it
can be hard to trace the cables.

these days IEC cords are so cheap that if I'm moving a piece of
equipment with an IEC power socket either to the field or the bench, I
just leave its power cord in place and use another one.

Having gone 100% remote/location, I'm a big believer in this idea. It
took a while, but now when I need to take a piece of gear out of the
studio, I just unplug all signal and power cables and walk away with
the gear. All the power and signal cables are permanently labelled
and tied down. No studio cables ever leave the room. I used to waste
an hour (or more) before and after every remote gig rewiring all of
the gear that I had taken with me. Now when I bring a piece of gear
back to the studio, the signal and power cables are waiting within a
few inches of where the gear mounts. If I take six or seven pieces of
gear with me to a remote, when I return it now takes less than 5
minutes to have all of that gear wired up and back online.

The only downside to doing this is that it requires a bit of an
investment in cabling. As others mentioned, with IEC cords costing
just a couple of bucks, the power cabling isn't an issue. But it can
cost a few hundred dollars to purchase matching "home" and "away" sets
of signal cables for a decent sized remote system. I just wish that I
had figured this out a lot earlier......

these days IEC cords are so cheap that if I'm moving a piece of
equipment with an IEC power socket either to the field or the bench, I
just leave its power cord in place and use another one.

Having gone 100% remote/location, I'm a big believer in this idea. It
took a while, but now when I need to take a piece of gear out of the
studio, I just unplug all signal and power cables and walk away with
the gear. All the power and signal cables are permanently labelled
and tied down. No studio cables ever leave the room. I used to waste
an hour (or more) before and after every remote gig rewiring all of
the gear that I had taken with me. Now when I bring a piece of gear
back to the studio, the signal and power cables are waiting within a
few inches of where the gear mounts. If I take six or seven pieces of
gear with me to a remote, when I return it now takes less than 5
minutes to have all of that gear wired up and back online.

The only downside to doing this is that it requires a bit of an
investment in cabling. As others mentioned, with IEC cords costing
just a couple of bucks, the power cabling isn't an issue. But it can
cost a few hundred dollars to purchase matching "home" and "away" sets
of signal cables for a decent sized remote system. I just wish that I
had figured this out a lot earlier......