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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Butler (media)" data-source="post: 25488" data-attributes="member: 102"><p>Re: Mutiple Power Taps - Backine Power...</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Here's the kind of box that got this discussion started. </p><p><a href="http://images.grainger.com/B330_35/images/products/250x250/Handy-Electrical-Box-2DDC9_AS01.JPG" target="_blank">http://images.grainger.com/B330_35/images/products/250x250/Handy-Electrical-Box-2DDC9_AS01.JPG</a></p><p>You can see that the knockouts in question are punched though about a 355° arc of the circle, leaving just a thin strip holding the disc in place until "knocked out" with a tap of the hammer or poke of the screwdriver blade, leading to the vulnerability when used in portable applications that causes us concern. They are designed to be screwed down to the wall, not knocked about onstage, although I am not alone (having seen them on many construction sites used this way) in using them at the end of an e-cord for portable power tools. </p><p></p><p>I have used Whirlwind products for ages with good results, but these OA Windsor boxes look like the way to go, with their rubber overcoats they won't get scratched up or scratch up the stage floor. </p><p></p><p>Here's something quick and dirty, no assembly required.</p><p><a href="http://fp.vendaria.com/vpop/VpopViewer.html?uid=202510265&iid=AddpfzvImumvmKvJJIIKfwKILumLKv&bg=FFFFFF&nm=BZOpener&err=0&title=&pf=t&fr=t" target="_blank">http://fp.vendaria.com/vpop/VpopViewer.html?uid=202510265&iid=AddpfzvImumvmKvJJIIKfwKILumLKv&bg=FFFFFF&nm=BZOpener&err=0&title=&pf=t&fr=t</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Butler (media), post: 25488, member: 102"] Re: Mutiple Power Taps - Backine Power... Here's the kind of box that got this discussion started. [url]http://images.grainger.com/B330_35/images/products/250x250/Handy-Electrical-Box-2DDC9_AS01.JPG[/url] You can see that the knockouts in question are punched though about a 355° arc of the circle, leaving just a thin strip holding the disc in place until "knocked out" with a tap of the hammer or poke of the screwdriver blade, leading to the vulnerability when used in portable applications that causes us concern. They are designed to be screwed down to the wall, not knocked about onstage, although I am not alone (having seen them on many construction sites used this way) in using them at the end of an e-cord for portable power tools. I have used Whirlwind products for ages with good results, but these OA Windsor boxes look like the way to go, with their rubber overcoats they won't get scratched up or scratch up the stage floor. Here's something quick and dirty, no assembly required. [url]http://fp.vendaria.com/vpop/VpopViewer.html?uid=202510265&iid=AddpfzvImumvmKvJJIIKfwKILumLKv&bg=FFFFFF&nm=BZOpener&err=0&title=&pf=t&fr=t[/url] [/QUOTE]
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