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Post by napabill on Apr 5, 2011 10:56:27 GMT -5
My equipment area is an enclosed and fixed depth cabinet. The power cord that comes with the UPA-5 extends a good couple of inches back and causes the amp to extend out beyond the front edge. I know I can buy a right angle IEC adapter, but would prefer the power cable itself to be built with a right angle. Anyone know if Emotiva or others sell such a cable?
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Post by BillBauman on Apr 5, 2011 11:01:44 GMT -5
Can't you just type that question into a search engine? You'd already have it ordered by now.
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Post by bobbyt on Apr 12, 2011 23:58:37 GMT -5
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Post by napabill on Apr 16, 2011 15:40:59 GMT -5
At the risk of incurring another snippy reply, a little advice on the desired specs of the adapter would be appreciated. In the search I did I found adapters from $2.50 to $69. The Audioquest adapter for $25 seems perfect, but seems rather expensive.
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Post by carlp336 on Apr 16, 2011 16:04:12 GMT -5
Monoprice
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Post by bobbyt on Apr 16, 2011 17:59:36 GMT -5
At the risk of incurring another snippy reply, a little advice on the desired specs of the adapter would be appreciated. In the search I did I found adapters from $2.50 to $69. The Audioquest adapter for $25 seems perfect, but seems rather expensive. If it's an IEC plug, that means it meets IEC specs and should work fine. You're just talking about a couple L shaped conductors inside an L shaped plug. But I'm sure the guys that believe in cryogenic directional electrons will tell you to pay a hundred bucks for some voodoo-filled adapter. |
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Post by geebo on Apr 16, 2011 22:55:31 GMT -5
At the risk of incurring another snippy reply, a little advice on the desired specs of the adapter would be appreciated. In the search I did I found adapters from $2.50 to $69. The Audioquest adapter for $25 seems perfect, but seems rather expensive. If it's an IEC plug, that means it meets IEC specs and should work fine. You're just talking about a couple L shaped conductors inside an L shaped plug. But I'm sure the guys that believe in cryogenic directional electrons will tell you to pay a hundred bucks for some voodoo-filled adapter. Voodoo filled adapters work! Its a fact! |
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Post by hemster on Apr 17, 2011 7:54:56 GMT -5
...Voodoo filled adapters work! Its a fact! But only on full-moon nights! ;D |
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Post by butchgo on Apr 17, 2011 8:52:29 GMT -5
My equipment area is an enclosed and fixed depth cabinet. The power cord that comes with the UPA-5 extends a good couple of inches back and causes the amp to extend out beyond the front edge. I know I can buy a right angle IEC adapter, but would prefer the power cable itself to be built with a right angle. Anyone know if Emotiva or others sell such a cable? Take a look at Parts Express. They sell the IEC plugs and the right angle adaptors for them. |
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Post by skrainz on Apr 18, 2011 1:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by RichGuy on Apr 23, 2011 14:03:31 GMT -5
Voodoo filled adapters work! Its a fact! Mine work awesome and they weren't very expensive, the seller only wanted a lock of my hair. But there have been some draw backs, now I am always feeling these sharp pin like piercings, hot burning feet like I am standing on flames and occasional sudden involuntary uncontrolled movements. |
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Post by ausman on Apr 23, 2011 15:56:27 GMT -5
check the power rating before deploying theses type of angle plugs, from my experience with right angle extension lighting sockets, there are limitations on how much power they cane, an iec connector will be no different in this regard, if your amp doesn't sit in your rack properly it's time to upgrade your rack to make it compliant with the amps space requirements..
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Post by bobbyt on Apr 23, 2011 20:34:28 GMT -5
I call BS. How unbelievably thin would the leads have to be to run into current issues?
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Post by ausman on Apr 23, 2011 21:22:00 GMT -5
I assumed the OP wanted a right angle neck joint not a cable with a right angle neck joint..
to my opinion still stands especially if you want a 20 amp rating on the cable..
call it bs if you want..
as for the rack if it hasn't got the clearances for the equipment you instal in it, it's time suck it up and suffer with overhang or it's time to replace the rack to allow for length tolerances to allow for a bit of distance for a power cable or 2 and cable management ..
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Post by flyhigh on Apr 23, 2011 21:29:24 GMT -5
ooops. Sorry for the stray post.  |
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Post by bobbyt on Apr 24, 2011 3:03:07 GMT -5
to my opinion still stands especially if you want a 20 amp rating on the cable.. call it bs if you want.. Ok I won't call BS, I'll call reality. Go grab a multimeter and measure the resistance. It's going to be so low that even if you somehow manage to pull 20 amps (which would be 2400 watts), your right angle plug will neither know nor care. Remember, they make 25+ foot extension cords rated for 20 amps, and they're not ridiculously thick either (14 or maybe 12 gauge). On a 2" right angle connector, you won't even be able to measure the voltage drop without going out several decimal places, orders of magnitude beyond the voltage swings of your power supply itself. |
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Post by flyhigh on Apr 24, 2011 14:17:59 GMT -5
I can't offer much help with sourcing a right angle IEC plug, but it seems that they shouldn't be too difficult to find.
These seemingly mandatory "unlimited" current capacity requirements are a little silly to me. Unless you're running 1000W class A monoblocks at a discotheque, or powering your system via a daisy chain of extension cords from the other side of town, you're probably not encountering any limitations from your power cord.
My modest little "second" system struggles to reach 1amp total current draw, and my main system isn't much more. A bit of Ohm's law suggests that even a somewhat resistive cable would drop less voltage in supplying a typical home audio system than the normal hour-by-hour voltage swings on the AC grid. Higher capacity cable/connectors surely won't hurt anything, but there's nothing in the "science" of it all to suggest that it improves anything either.
My power conditioner has an AC cord on it big enough to run an amusement park roller coaster. Nice to look at, but likely not changing anything in my system.
My $0.02....a good fitting IEC adapter, appropriate for the device it's attached to should be fine.
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Post by ausman on Apr 27, 2011 17:25:29 GMT -5
it don't bother me what people do, though from what i was told by a tech at emotiva 20 amp circuit breaker is a bare minimum across all amps, so i naturally assumed that the power cable to the point would also have to be rated the same..
i've always found when a high ticket power item has a min amp rating of 20 amp circuits, i tend to build a bit of redundancy in the circuit within 15-20 amps of the target recommendation of the hardware i plan to install on that circuits power point..
some may say that it is overkill, though imo a bit of redundancy never hurts..
I know people use right angle plugs just be wary of the heat the plug may produce, I've using over the stated wattage on right angle neck joint fixtures tend to over heat when using lights above a certain wattage,..
not saying there is a limitation right/left angle neck joint iec connectors whether it be a cable attached connector or a adapter plug, though given my experience with lighting equivalent I would err on the side of caution..
about the size of the rack my opinion still stands, you use a suitable rack to suit the equipment you're going to install not suit the rack to the allotted space you have given you ht gear.. doin the latter always causes issue in the longer term.. you should always have 4-6" in the rear of rack to allow ventilation and space for power and other cable runs
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