BTGAndy Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 [url="http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PF-PRO"]Furman Power Factor Pro[/url] I have one of these on trial and I was wondering if anyone has had much experience with them or other power conditioners and had any interesting thoughts or opinions to share. I'll hopefully be able to draw my own conclusions when I finally get some plugs that work with it. The AC outlets are in the form of Female IEC sockets and nobody makes male IEC to female UK power socket cables. Is there any reason why I shouldn't make my own? I was planning on getting the stuff from Maplin tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High score Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) [quote name='BTGAndy' post='421425' date='Feb 27 2009, 11:45 PM'][url="http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PF-PRO"]Furman Power Factor Pro[/url] I have one of these on trial and I was wondering if anyone has had much experience with them or other power conditioners and had any interesting thoughts or opinions to share. I'll hopefully be able to draw my own conclusions when I finally get some plugs that work with it. The AC outlets are in the form of Female IEC sockets and nobody makes male IEC to female UK power socket cables. Is there any reason why I shouldn't make my own? I was planning on getting the stuff from Maplin tomorrow.[/quote] Furman are the daddy when it comes to this gear. Mine weren't at that level but still one of the best pieces of kit I bought for my racks. As well as providing protection, good indicators of what you are drawing when on site supply is going to fall down. Especially when a lot of venues only really use domestic 13amp ring main. Seen threads here where they are deemed to be a waste of time but I disagree. How many times have musos gigged in pubs and can hear the bar fridge clicking on through the pa......... seen programmed pedals fall down with this type of 'noise'. Nah, no reason why you can't make your own up cos they are not normally supplied and if you do buy them from MAPLIN are around £5 each but never the lengths you want. I used ART power dist/ cond units which are similar. Bought some 13-15 amp cable (kettle spec) and the bits from Maplin for a few quid each. Gave a very tidy loom in the back of the cab with only one 3 pin plug for each case set up - far tidier........see below........all of this powered with just three plugs and no lecky interference........ [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=20370"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...st&id=20370[/url] Hope this helped............ Edited February 28, 2009 by High score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTGAndy Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Cheers for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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