1 Way To Keep Your Lightin Cables Down (pic)

[Cj_The_Dj]

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[flatliners]

u got a propper pic as i am lost

[BeerFunk]

Why all the plugs at the end? So you can switch the lights on and off individually?

[Cj_The_Dj]

this will elp you use less leads

[Corabar Entertainment]

Not sure why you started a new thread rather than just posting this on your exiting thread on the subject.

(Threads now merged)

[Corabar Steve]

Do you mean IEC Socket?

One problem with yor idea, when the lead splits from one to four, there will be no outer sheath on the 4 leads. It wouldn't pass a PAT inspection.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Do you mean IEC Socket?

One problem with yor idea, when the lead splits from one to four, there will be no outer sheath on the 4 leads. It wouldn't pass a PAT inspection.

It doesn't look like the leads are split to me, just that they are inside another cable?

[BeerFunk]

Do you mean IEC Socket?

One problem with yor idea, when the lead splits from one to four, there will be no outer sheath on the 4 leads. It wouldn't pass a PAT inspection.
If you had a junction box at either side of the 12 core cable it would?

[flatliners]

why have 4 plugs would it not be better doing it this way look at the RS componants website iec 6 way distrobution boards
then you only need one iec lead to power the 6 iecs

[BeerFunk]

why have 4 plugs would it not be better doing it this way javascript:executeByAddingQuery('name=SiteStandard&forwardingPage=line&R=2318050', 'searchBrowseAction' );
then you only need one iec lead to power the 6 iecs
Er... can you re-post that, but not in robot language? :D

[Corabar Steve]

It doesn't look like the leads are split to me, just that they are inside another cable?

Im pretty sure you can't get a 4 x 3 core cable inside an outer sheath. 12 core is usually 12 lengths of copper wire inside 12 individual plastic sheaths inside one outer sheath
If you had a junction box at either side of the 12 core cable it would?There is no junction box in the illustration.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Im pretty sure you can't get a 4 x 3 core cable inside an outer sheath. 12 core is usually 12 lengths of copper wire inside 12 individual plastic sheaths inside one outer sheath

OK.:)

[rob1963]

There's another solution to lots of messy cables...

...a wired t-bar.

:)

[Vectis]

why have 4 plugs would it not be better doing it this way look at the RS componants website iec 6 way distrobution boards
then you only need one iec lead to power the 6 iecs

I'm guessing because he wants each 'way' to be individually switchable at a console.

When I first started off I had a home-made wooden contraption with half a dozen standard household white plastic single switched sockets on it. Each lighting effect could then be flicked on and off as desired.

Then I upgraded to something like THIS (http://www.djsuperstore.co.uk/item/lighting-controllers/224991-prolight-pc-08-8-way-switching-system-%A323.95).

Once I had a mix of effects the cabling became unwieldy. On my crossbar I now have a mix of 'always on' units and switched units, so I went for a couple of THESE (http://www.djsuperstore.co.uk/item/lighting-controllers/228513-prolight-transcension-show-director-%A384.99). Not the cheapest method but very elegant. Just one power and data cable up each side of the goalposts and I then made short custom-length IEC cables for all the stuff on the crossbar. Apart from helping make things tidy it cuts down on the setup time significantly.

[lightspeed]

Just for your info CJ (and anyone else a little confused) , an IDE is the cable that links drives to other drives or your motherboard in your computer. Probably best not to use IDE components for your lighting :D

[DMX Will]

Just for your info CJ (and anyone else a little confused) , an IDE is the cable that links drives to other drives or your motherboard in your computer. Probably best not to use IDE components for your lighting :D

Chase:
Step 1: Spin Up HDD
Step 2: Eject CD Draw
Step 3: Close CD Draw

:d:d:d

[soundlad]

the 12 core cable would be quite expensive aswell

wouldn't pass pat test becuase there is no outer sleath like Steve said. make yourself a prewired lighting rig and you trailer board like cable (7core) link all of the neutral wire up together

[DMX Will]

I think you can re-sheath them or something. As socapex does basically what he's outlined. CJ's version just isn't in modules with the socapex connections.

Edit:

http://www.cbicables.com/private/brkout.gif

The big socket on the end is this (OR then female version):

http://www.verkoop.licht-geluid.nl/Afbeeldingen%5C%5CHL90780.jpg

Which is the socapex bit.

As you can see from the top picture, the cables are all seperated out from the socapex connection. You normally plug this into a "socapex cable" in various lengths, and then have another (different type) of spider (that's what the second image is) on the other end. It ends up as a lighting multicore cable with 18 different cores 6 (circuits) x 3 core (live, neutral, earth).

[gillo]

i can see that getting very warm with the current draw!

[DMX Will]

i can see that getting very warm with the current draw!

Each circuit is rated at 25A. They are very big and bulky cables when coiled. About an inch thick-ish.

Used in theatres and the like all over the country.