Does it really matter?

[KLINCOLNS]

Clockwise or counterclockwise?

(asking for a friend)

Depends on the hemisphere you're in to account for the coriolis effect. This way you'll know which way to start first. But then you'll have to go the other way to get rid of the electron spin from the residuals. Lol

 

[slyslam]

Oh, Vic! That’s a good one! Maybe I’ll just daisy chain 8 of ‘em and hope I don’t really need the whole fitty feet! Saved myself $199, so it’s only $1592!

Not sure if V.W. is aware of that snake oil. Incredible!!! ( electrician saying so). Get good awg12 and you are good to go.

 

[KLINCOLNS]

Check out the prices on wireworld cables. Sooo expensive...

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

We are gearing up for our first gig as a band. The guys who owns the PA equipment and just purchased a couple of these 50 foot extensions (3-prong to IEC) for the powered subs and mains. We are all chipping in on new acquisitions for the gigs and we need a couple more.

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These cost about three times more than a regular extension cord of the same length and rated current. He maintains it will “dirty up“ the power if we plug the cables that came with the PA into extension cords. I think that if we use extension cords that are rated for enough current and plug the original IEC cords into an appropriate gauge extension cord, there should be no issue. What are the thoughts of those with experience in this world?

It will just stress the amps. But, it will do that the same regardless of which extension cords you plug in to. Having an extra 50 ft of power cord, adds a whole lot of sag.

Oh, and they're both extension cords. But if you're going to go with anything, get the thickest, baddest ones you can find.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Funny you should mention that. I used to be an industrial electrician. Back when my pro band had racks of power amps and lots of PAR cans, we had an electrical distribution box ("distro"). It had 6 ga wire with open ends. I had breakers for all of the common panels and was tasked with direct wiring us up to the nearest panel. (I also had the most common 3 and 4 wire range and dryer plugs I could use as well.)

I had to get pretty creative in a few situations to get us power.

And as a former electrician, and current medical equiprepair guy, I can safely say OPs PA owner is just being weird. You want electrical connection tolerances that CAN make a difference? Work on an EKG sometime. But 120V AC plugs for PA speakers..... nope.

You mean a spider box? That was my thought.

 

[seamonkey]

Good video from Audio Science Review and some of the power cable snake oil


It's surprising HiFi audio uses RCA's still.
It's good thing Pro audio uses balanced audio cables.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

He maintains it will “dirty up“ the power if we plug the cables that came with the PA into extension cords.

Maybe ""dirty up"" the air when that 50' 18 gauge wire starts to melt when the powered subs start pulling about 20 amps each !!! then add the powered cabs too !!! Maybe bring a fire extinguisher !!! (a little gig humor here!!)