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Old Croc 
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 Posted: 01 June 2014 at 9:05pm |
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Looks tidy. I'd want the IEC's on the inside of the rack though.
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MAXWELL
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Joined: 19 February 2011 Location: Ukraine,Kharkov Status: Offline Points: 52 |
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Posted: 01 June 2014 at 9:49pm |
 
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Lad
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Posted: 14 July 2014 at 10:21am |
You can rotate the rack ears as you want. I have designed also vertical brackets, but never got manufactured them, so it ended with bodge job. It's also possible to mount power in from opposite side to IECs. I made also version for small racks.   Edited by Lad - 14 July 2014 at 10:22am |
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with regards, Ladislav
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MAXWELL
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Posted: 15 January 2015 at 7:11pm |
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Finally finished assembling distributor! All completely made himself, designed by yourself!
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hmaudio
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Posted: 12 June 2020 at 9:02pm |
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Started the distro today, drilled all the holes by hand with a drill took the micheal.
Did not see the point putting rcd on the unit and wasting space when alot of venues have them in the consumer unit and if the venue does not have them we will use a box next to the supply which will protect the cables aswell. Will have a metal plate dividing the Hv and Lv when in a enclosure. This can be driven one 32a single phase which disconnnects the live and neutral on the other two inputs, or can be used with three inputs if venues only have 13a plug points allk switched from a 24 terminal switch. Also added a smart meter which measures everything and will be run from a ethernet bus so we can monitor everything to do with the mains. The ethernet ports will be for dante and networking to the wifi router which will be powered from a 48v poe injector thats is what the small rocker switch is for. on the rear of the unit will be four powercons and 5 iec connectors 8 nl4 and the audio signal side connects straight to the dsp via sheilded cat 5. Everything is fused down and contains 12 fuses the internal wiring will be 6mm for Hv and speaker wiring. Jamie Resonant Sounds.  Edited by hmaudio - 12 June 2020 at 9:04pm |
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Nottingham based cab builder. https://www.facebook.com/HMAudio-154352667920145/?ref=bookmarks
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snowflake
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Posted: 20 May 2021 at 11:10am |
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this has come up for sale locally for sensible money. I currently have a 2U 32A distro in my amp rack with digital metering which shows my system can pull well over 32A. This would let me run main rack off 32A d-curve and all outboard and lights off 16A supplies. Worthwhile upgrade or should I go to 63A 3-phase? Unit looks very tidy and from reputable company. Hasn't been PAT tested since 2015 but they said if it fails when I get it tested they will accept a return. Anything obviously wrong?  |
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jacethebase
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Posted: 21 May 2021 at 10:02am |
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I've got one of these. Not used it yet, but was cracking value. Came from the MCL Auction.
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James Tengo
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Posted: 21 May 2021 at 2:29pm |
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Nothing obviously wrong, good quality walther sockets, good breakers, nice metering, the global 30mA trip keeps you in the regs, however it is the first thing I would upgrade. The major issue I would have with it is the lack of 63a single phase outlets in venues! As a lampy - unless in TV/Film world - we avoid single phase larger than 32a like the plague. A 32a/3ph gives you 96a possible draw from a cable half the size and weight of a 63a single phase, plus 32a/3 is far more common in the venues we visit. We streamlined our heavy mains to avoid 63/1 and 125/1, but since the pandemic have been doing a lot more film & TV work where BAC, 125/1 and 63/1 is still in heavy use. The TV boys roll up with a multiple distros breaking down BAC to multiple single phase boxes, from which they take soca to lights, it takes them ages to cable it all up... I'd rather drop in a 72way socca distro and crack on!
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BJtheDJ
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Posted: 21 May 2021 at 5:02pm |
Their unions will oppose every change that might cut hours or manning. It's most likely a 3 or 4 man job their way; you can almost certainly do it on your own
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James Tengo
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Posted: 21 May 2021 at 8:29pm |
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More to do with the use of 20k’s and 10k’s and the distro historically required for high draw applications than union rules. Older gaffers are still spec-ing jobs, so spec what they know.
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snowflake
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Posted: 23 May 2021 at 3:57pm |
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the neutral-earth is on the amber bulb, whereas my other distro has neutral-earth across the red bulb. would be better to change both to be the same to avoid confusion. I would have thought across the red is the more usual (red=fault) To be totally consistent I would change the indicator lights on each output to amber so that all the amber lights indicate voltage across live-neutral, and there should not be any red lights on the front panel.
Edited by snowflake - 26 May 2021 at 6:14pm |
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snowflake
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Posted: 26 May 2021 at 2:41pm |
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glad I opened it up - one of the fixings for the large current-sensing coil is snapped so only attached by one bolt and free to wobble about. Some bolts need some loctite on them. I've seen neater wiring!  Edited by snowflake - 26 May 2021 at 2:42pm |
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