largo Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Not what it seems I'm afraid ..... I have a 3U rack with amp + tuner and wondered the best way to power these. At present, I have a 4-way power strip velcro'ed to the top of the amp inside the rack & I've made up a couple of short IEC "kettle" power leads to keep the back clutter free, plugged in to the 4-way. However, I've spoken about my "hum" experiences before and wondered if I would be better using one of these dual-IEC splitter type cables and not have the 4-way at all. Or wouldn't it make any jot of difference ! Still interested to hear, or see what other do regards powering their rack equipment. Cheers Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 im thinking bout getting a power strip that screw onto the back of the rack. [url="http://www.olson.co.uk/13a_filter.htm"]http://www.olson.co.uk/13a_filter.htm[/url] not sure yet tho as a normal 4 way adaptor is alot cheaper, but this one has a surge protector to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I just used a surge protected 4 gang zip tied to a blank rack panel and screwed onto the back of the rack. I had that kind of setup for about 12 years and never had any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 i have two kettle leads ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 This was what I used 4 years ago. A 13-Amp strip bolted to a 1U blank panel. Then I bought an excellent 1U power strip from Introdelta. As the result of experience I'm a great believer in using 13-Amp sockets. They are more flexible than IEC. You can plug wall-warts straight in. You can plug other equipment striaght in. 13A is the UK standard. Almost all equipment comes with a 13A power cord, however IECs are great for 19-inch racks in fixed installations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deksawyer Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) Stephen, you can get these rackmount powerstrips off ebay, not sure how much as mine is now a few years old. Plenty of room for amp/tuner/powerstrip. D. EDIT - here's a link; [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/19-Power-Distribution-Unit-4-way-IEC-switched_W0QQitemZ5775131707QQihZ002QQcategoryZ11180QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/19-Power-Distributio...1742.m153.l1262[/url] Introdelta, as obbm says. Edited April 18, 2009 by deksawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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