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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 24516" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Re: UL Who?</p><p></p><p>Silas;</p><p> T.J. beat me to responding... and I am not an electrician, but the exposed backside of the powercon connectors along with the amount of tension that is on the wires going between the powercons and the wire nuts looks a bit risky. I leave the electrical work to the pros, and most of my experience professionally <em>is</em> with UL listed devices such as those offered by Motion Labs. </p><p></p><p> In my experience, electrical work that looks sloppy, generally has more issues hiding below the surface mess. You can say that a sloppy wiring job can still be safe and work properly, but tidy and well planned out work is always going to be safer in the long run when being expected to stand up to real world use in our industry. One big bump in the trailer to jar a wire nut loose or one unsuspecting stage tech reaching into that rack to plug something in... and you could have a life threatening situation on your hands. </p><p></p><p> Also, I am not even remotely informed on this topic, but I do believe the scope of UL 1640 [Portable Power Distribution Equipment] would indeed cover this type of device. I hope someone who is more informed can comment on the different governing bodies in here in the US and how they pertain to such devices. Everyone seems to have good info on getting approval stickers in Canada... but I haven't heard much about the process in here in the States.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 24516, member: 9"] Re: UL Who? Silas; T.J. beat me to responding... and I am not an electrician, but the exposed backside of the powercon connectors along with the amount of tension that is on the wires going between the powercons and the wire nuts looks a bit risky. I leave the electrical work to the pros, and most of my experience professionally [I]is[/I] with UL listed devices such as those offered by Motion Labs. In my experience, electrical work that looks sloppy, generally has more issues hiding below the surface mess. You can say that a sloppy wiring job can still be safe and work properly, but tidy and well planned out work is always going to be safer in the long run when being expected to stand up to real world use in our industry. One big bump in the trailer to jar a wire nut loose or one unsuspecting stage tech reaching into that rack to plug something in... and you could have a life threatening situation on your hands. Also, I am not even remotely informed on this topic, but I do believe the scope of UL 1640 [Portable Power Distribution Equipment] would indeed cover this type of device. I hope someone who is more informed can comment on the different governing bodies in here in the US and how they pertain to such devices. Everyone seems to have good info on getting approval stickers in Canada... but I haven't heard much about the process in here in the States. [/QUOTE]
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