World_Lighter Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Found this on another tech type website Roadie.net http://www.roadie.net/distro.jpg The worlds first distro board made from a vacuum cleaner :** laughs out loud **: how bout that for ingenuity not sure if its exactly safe tho :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 wow that just looks scary. Out comes barge pole. Actuall I'd better not.whats the deal with the pole out the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 whats the deal with the pole out the top?insulated carrying handle of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLyall Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 whats the deal with the pole out the top? convenient truss mounting of course, fixings supplied (notice the gaffa!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 whats the deal with the pole out the top? Apparently it used to be a vacuum cleaner (I kid you not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb12345 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 all I have to say about that is: no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Can't work out what it's plugged into? Not something from this country, I'd say and certainly unlikely to be rated at 60A? What make of cleaner was it originally? A Die-soon? (You have to speak it to get the joke, sorry!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Can't work out what it's plugged into? Not something from this country, I'd say and certainly unlikely to be rated at 60A? Looks like Camlocks to me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 ye , looks like mini-camlocs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcT Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Can't work out what it's plugged into? Not something from this country, I'd say and certainly unlikely to be rated at 60A? The sockets on the right at the top look very much like North American 120V outlets. I *think* the middle socket is a delta-wired (ie phase to phase) American outlet, with a corresponding voltage of 208V. Perhaps someone can confirm? Regards,Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I *think* the middle socket is a delta-wired (ie phase to phase) American outlet, with a corresponding voltage of 208V.Looks a bit like a Hubbel (single phase) to me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Buffham Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I *think* the middle socket is a delta-wired (ie phase to phase) American outlet, with a corresponding voltage of 208V.Looks a bit like a Hubbel (single phase) to me ...Its definately a Hubble connector! I've changed dozens of hubble plugs for 16A Ceeforms this week, so know that for certain!!! You CAN run 3-phase delta through them, i.e. Phase 1 - Pin X, Phase 2 - Pin Y, Earth - Pin G, and in the US you get a 208V AC across XY. Or single phase i.e. Neutral - Pin X, Live - Pin Y, Earth - Pin G. The lights I've been changing the plugs on will only run on a delta 3-phase supply in the US as they need >180V AC for the lamp. So you can connect its hubble plug to a 3-phase supply in the US or a single phase supply in the UK and it will work OK. Hubble connectors are not that nice though - they don't seem to mate very securely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hubble connectors are not that nice though - they don't seem to mate very securely. That's true. My local theatre (built in the early 70's) has Hubbel outlets on all the 5k circuits in the main house. I'm always mildly amazed that the weight of the cable (or jumper - they run them all with Hubbel-to-Ceeform jumpers these days) hanging off the connector doesn't just pull the whole thing apart, given that the only thing that physically holds the plug/socket combination together is the pins and even that's a rather flimsy-looking method of physical connection. (The 5ks in the studio theatre were added as part of a later refit, so they're all Ceeform ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 My entire venue is wired in those "Hubbles" - although we call them twistloks. They suck very very much. And all the mains is on those terrible 110v connectors that are super-super flimsy. And the VLs are on those silly VL connectors. All in all, not good. Stop complaining about 15a folks, the yanks use some truly terrible connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olistockman Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Yikes......I hope one of those doesn't pop up at a venue near any of us soon........I'm sure the constructor has done a 'safe' job....any guesses as to whether it's been tested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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