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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 145989" data-attributes="member: 162"><p>Re: Correct feeder cable for distro</p><p></p><p></p><p>You cannot "just put an L21-30 connector on to the rack and have it break out into Edison's in the rear of the rack", because any time you step down in ampacity, you need to have a breaker rated to protect the downstream wiring. This is exactly what your rack PDU does.</p><p></p><p>Choosing the right distro system can be challenging. You need to figure out what power you will likely have available and balance that against what you would like to use. For example, what are you going to do if you run your gear at a venue that only has multiple Edison circuits? If it were me, I wouldn't permanently wire up your racks with rack distros until you really know what you're going to run into. </p><p></p><p>In your situation I would probably put your distro in one of the amp racks so you can use it when the circumstances work out, but I would leave the amp cords accessible so you can run them to regular outlets when you don't have heavy power.</p><p></p><p>If you always have 3-phase power available and you intend to grow, something like the MotionLabs Max-Pac unit would work, however I would prefer one of their regular distros that provides a variety of output options, including regular 120V/20A circuits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 145989, member: 162"] Re: Correct feeder cable for distro You cannot "just put an L21-30 connector on to the rack and have it break out into Edison's in the rear of the rack", because any time you step down in ampacity, you need to have a breaker rated to protect the downstream wiring. This is exactly what your rack PDU does. Choosing the right distro system can be challenging. You need to figure out what power you will likely have available and balance that against what you would like to use. For example, what are you going to do if you run your gear at a venue that only has multiple Edison circuits? If it were me, I wouldn't permanently wire up your racks with rack distros until you really know what you're going to run into. In your situation I would probably put your distro in one of the amp racks so you can use it when the circumstances work out, but I would leave the amp cords accessible so you can run them to regular outlets when you don't have heavy power. If you always have 3-phase power available and you intend to grow, something like the MotionLabs Max-Pac unit would work, however I would prefer one of their regular distros that provides a variety of output options, including regular 120V/20A circuits. [/QUOTE]
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