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RE: THE RACK. Keeping to together...



Hi Mark,

I get 18" power cords to replace the real longs ones that come with my
gear to clean up the rats nest inside the racks.  As for the wall warts,
I use a rack mounted powerstrip by isobar that is fairly skinny.  I
usually mount it in the back of my rack so that it doesn't take up a
valuable space up front.  Then I get the zip ties and after plugging in
a wall wart, I put a zip tie around it and the powerstrip so that it is
locked in place.  I also use shorter zip ties for tying back all the
cableing (midi, power, audio) to keep it clean and everything inside
accessible.  The nice thing about the zip ties is that if the ones you
have aren't long enough, you can combine them to make them almost any
length you want.

M. Steven Ginn

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net] 
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:35 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: THE RACK. Keeping to together...
> 
> 
> Hey kids.
> 
> So, I had a slight meltdown at the Santa Cruz loopfest.  Upon 
> unpacking 
> tonight, I realized that heat in my car had softened the duct 
> tape that 
> was holding some wallwarts into their powerstrips, and they 
> fell out and 
> took some cables with them.  It didn't matter much due to what I had 
> planned to do, but it brings me to the question:
> 
> How do people keep it all together?  It seems to me like 
> every other gig 
> SOMETHING is getting pulled out.  I'm not the only one, I believe Ted 
> also had this issue at the festival.  Usually, I can recover, 
> but with a 
> quick setup time, I just gave up.  Regardless, it's a pain in 
> the ass at 
> any show.  Is there a tip or trick anyone has for such things?  Does 
> anyone know where one can get generic computer style power 
> cords in 1 or 
> 2 foot lengths?
> 
> Mark Sottilaro
>