Steve Force Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I have one of those Furman 1U rack power strip thingies (PL-Plus) in my Road-Ready case and have 3 wall warts plugged in to it. So here's the deal--how do you Road Warriors keep those damn things from working their way out of the socket when transporting? All suggestions welcome (except from those of you who don't like Furman.. ) Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I have a Furman PM-8 with a power strip mounted to the inside of the rack dedicated to wallwarts. The walwarts are secured to the power strip with long zip ties. help this was hopeful. 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 FoxTick--tied around what? Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Teh power strip, you might need more than one tie to make it around the wallwart and the power strip. 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 There are velcro cable ties that work well to fasten wall warts to gear. Thing is, for the PL-Plus you'll need to pull it out of the rack to mount the velcro. Another thought is to buy a few Dr. Ferd's, Wall Wart Removers. http://media.zzounds.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/DRFFERD.jpg Mount them with velcro or zip ties around the wall warts. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 Foxtick--I mean one of these things (not to scale..) http://www.n2nproductions.com/images/FurmanPLPLus.gif Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 Originally posted by fantasticsound: There are velcro cable ties that work well to fasten wall warts to gear. Thing is, for the PL-Plus you'll need to pull it out of the rack to mount the velcro. Another thought is to buy a few Dr. Ferd's, Wall Wart Removers. http://media.zzounds.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/DRFFERD.jpg Mount them with velcro or zip ties around the wall warts. That's an idea--thanks for the tip, fantasticsound! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Gunn Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I am getting one of these with space for 5 wall warts. They lock the ww's in place and it is under $20. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PlugLock/ http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/PlugLock.jpg KB Gunn website: www.visionoutreach.net ....government is a necessary evil, but it is dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal. -Neal Boortz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddyelmis Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by forceman: Originally posted by fantasticsound: There are velcro cable ties that work well to fasten wall warts to gear. Thing is, for the PL-Plus you'll need to pull it out of the rack to mount the velcro. Another thought is to buy a few Dr. Ferd's, Wall Wart Removers. http://media.zzounds.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/DRFFERD.jpg Mount them with velcro or zip ties around the wall warts. That's an idea--thanks for the tip, fantasticsound! Search around for these types of devices. I think Dr. Ferd was the first, but his are kind of expensive once you start buying 3 or 4 of them. I've seem similar devices in magazines cheaper (of course, I can't find one right now). www.ruleradio.com "Fame is like death: We will never know what it looks like until we've reached the other side. Then it will be impossible to describe and no one will believe you if you try." - Sloane Crosley, Village Voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by forceman: Foxtick--I mean one of these things (not to scale..) http://www.n2nproductions.com/images/FurmanPLPLus.gif no no no....what I meant was, go to any hardware/houseware/general/hardware store, buy a 'plain jane' regular power strip. http://www.keysan.com/pictures/efel0593.jpg plug the newly acquired power strip into the Furman, plug all your wall warts into the power strip, then get some zip ties.. http://www.removal-supply.co.uk/pictures/zip_ties_large.jpg ....secure the warts to the strip. Most power strips have mounting points so you can mount them on a wall or whatever.....in this case, the inside of the rack. 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 The problem with your method, Foxtick, is that you just removed the individual noise reduction and isolation transformer that separate each outlet on the Furman. I couldn't remember who made that pluglock thingy. Figures it was Furman. And yes, the Dr. Ferd's WWR's are expensive, IMO. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbird Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Thanks for the info on Dr. Ferd's! I'd never heard of these. Just ordered a few for my widget collection. LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Gunn Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Just got the pluglock today. A perfect solution to warts. Also got my Tranzport in the same package. Yahoooooo! I will let y'all know how it is in a few days. Perfect timing. I have the week of the fourth off so I can track vocals with it. I should be through the learning curve by then. KB Gunn website: www.visionoutreach.net ....government is a necessary evil, but it is dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal. -Neal Boortz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robman2 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Another suggestion, use the Hosa YAC-406, http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/YAC-400.html it's an AC splitter, if the warts are only a couple, one can velcro them to the bottom of the ccase, of course a more ideal situation is to remove the coiled AC altogether, tied off to one side...and daisy chain the whole rack on Hosa's IEC/AC jumpers... http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/PWD-400.html These allow the removal of the extraneous 6 or 8 foot coils of AC (electromagnets) we have tied off for every gadget in the rack. 15 AMP load, 14 AWG... R Label on the reverb, inside 1973 Ampeg G-212: "Folded Line Reverberation Unit" Manufactured by beautiful girls in Milton WIS. under controlled atmosphere conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Talk about widgets! Those are fantastic, Rob! Gots to get me some a 'dem! It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 Thanks everyone for your great suggestions! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by fantasticsound: The problem with your method, Foxtick, is that you just removed the individual noise reduction and isolation transformer that separate each outlet on the Furman. The transformer in most wallwarts already provides some isolation, my keyboard rig has three devices that use wallwarts. Having three of these things plugged into the same isolated output by way of a cheap power strip is doing no more damage to my delicate signal chain than having equipment that uses noisy wallwart power supplies to begin with. Besides, not all noise is electrical when you're dealing with musicians 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keysking Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 one word.... SUPERGLUE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 Superglue..great idea. KB Gunn , where in the rack can you mount that adapter? Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Gunn Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Originally posted by forceman: Superglue..great idea. KB Gunn , where in the rack can you mount that adapter? It is not a rack mount unit. It is an outlet strip that holds multiple warts and locks them in place. It is something that you can screw into the side of a cabinet. There are holes on either side of it that can handle small wood screws if it must be secured. I just have mine on the floor. It replaces a chain of several outlet strips because it holds 5 warts, not just 2. KB Gunn website: www.visionoutreach.net ....government is a necessary evil, but it is dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal. -Neal Boortz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Neil, I got several of the 'power strip liberators' that Rob was talking about. I'm the envy of the band. Also, they must debase themselves before me before I let them borrow one. It's true. Power corrupts. http://www.wccgifts.com/ Happy 4th, Tim from Jersey Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robman2 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 LOL... So once the bass player, is de-based, does the keyborad player do a Ray Manzerek? R Label on the reverb, inside 1973 Ampeg G-212: "Folded Line Reverberation Unit" Manufactured by beautiful girls in Milton WIS. under controlled atmosphere conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Get yourself a tube of silicone glue, it is to racks what gaffer tape is to stages. I clean the power strip and wart surfaces with rubbing alcohol, let dry, then place a pea-sized gob directly between the wart's electrical prongs, push it in, and let dry for 24 hours (its an insulator dry, not so sure if it was still a bit wet). I also place a small gob anytime a cannon connector is plugged into a unit (ie. as found on an Alesis microverb, etc), with half the gob smeared on the plug and half on the body of the unit; haven't had one come loose yet, yet if you need to remove anything it breaks away easily, and the residue can be rubbed off with your thumb. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hmmmm. Botch.--thanks. Sounds like a good, easy, inexpensive yet effective solution for all of my rack-mounted stuff! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Originally posted by Flemtone: Neil, I got several of the 'power strip liberators' that Rob was talking about. I'm the envy of the band. Also, they must debase themselves before me before I let them borrow one. It's true. Power corrupts. http://www.wccgifts.com/ Happy 4th, Tim from Jersey LOL! Did you get the "Y" adapter or the IEC cable jumper? Botch, That's a novel idea. I'll have to check it out with some techs, but I don't see why not. Silicone glue! Who woulda thunk it? It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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