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andycw 
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 Topic: Lights on 'PowerCON'Posted: 31 January 2014 at 7:11pm |
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I'm thinking of making a Distro to sit behind the T-bar for the lights I've just got.. (will be truss at a later date)
My question is, are lights OK on powercon connectors? I want to used powercon so I can make the distro as small as possible. Like this but with PowerCON obviously..  |
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mini-mad
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 7:16pm |
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Sledge hammer to crack a nut but yes. Why not.....
i mean the iec's are 10amp rated and the powercons a hell of alot more if its permenant why not hard wire it and save on cost of connectors altogether (fused seperately) |
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 7:20pm |
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yeah you can use them, but as this 'person' said, blooming expensive way of going about it.
id just use IEC for the moment and invest that money in that truss and windup's you crave... then more shiny lights to dazzle the pretty  |
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 7:24pm |
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'Person'....... egg shells much??? Lol
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 10:10pm |
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Depending on how confident you are you can mod' the lights to have power in and link connectors.
This is what i have done on my own lights. I run a DMX and PowerCON up using Van-Damme Ambicore type cable to the first T-Bar then link this out to the next one. Just have to be careful it doesn't get overloaded. As others have said this is quite an expensive way of doing things. A 4 gang extension or IEC splitter as you pictured is a much cheaper way.  |
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 10:30pm |
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Bigger lights... daisy chaining with in/outs for power and dmx is a very good idea providing you have a rule of thumb where you wont daisy chain more then 4 at a time if old skool hid lights.... the idea of daisy chaining is superb. Just thing about the power draw on the 1st effects main power feed.
that and doing it on anything like parcan36 is gonna be tight. |
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 10:53pm |
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It can get very tight, very rarely do we get a chance to link lighting stands. Just not worth the risk, especially as you say the load one the first fitting if the soldering isn't up to scratch cause a fire.
It is very neat though, really does clean up the rig.
Another way of doing this method but on very low power items, LED and such is to use one of these costs the same as a single panel mount PowerCON connector. http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/Push-Fit-IEC-Inlet-Outlets-63592 PowerCON link using 2.5mm H07 (Doesn't have to be, but personally best option for cable) are also needed and they are around £13 for meter link where as a fully made IEC are about £2-3 each. |
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Posted: 31 January 2014 at 11:34pm |
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Some older dj lighting i have had has had the iec in and out similar to very old pc's.... if your building up at single t-bar or trying to neaten up a trusses wiring its worth while, but then again so id sockets on the bar/truss with the cables run throught it.
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 12:11am |
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I miss the days when computers could be run from one plug without a 'Y-lead' or a double socket.
Internally wired bars can start to get expensive, but then it does depend on what you have fitted and who fits it. |
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 12:30am |
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Put the effort in and you could do it yourself! Its just wiring...
Few metal junction boxes with dmx in/out and a power socket. Shouldnt be as hard as it sounds. |
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 12:43am |
 ... try one of these instead of a holesaw next time .. much neaterhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Q-Max-Sheet-Metal-Hole-Punch-24mm-/131088518852?pt=UK_BOI_Metalworking_Milling_Welding_Metalworking_Supplies_ET&hash=item1e857c0ec4
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 12:50am |
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Cheers guys - I did think it was an expensive way of doing it, it just looks neater I think!
Plus the powercon sockets are fairly 'small' compared to IEC. Looks like I'll just stick to IEC splitter for now - but at least I know it can be done  |
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