Your emergency kit?

Re: Your emergency kit?

Ben Lawrence said:
Make sure its with the rest of your kit. These items loose in an unmarked cargo van might bring you some unwanted attention.:D~:-D~:grin: But along these lines some zip ties sometimes come in handy.
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In Norway, Viagra is a prescription drug, and the "patient"'s name is on the box.

I worked a local show where the BE's Viagra box was found in the parking lot as the tour bus pulled away. Booking guy at the venue snatched it up and framed and hung it in the backstage area. It's still there.
 
Re: Your emergency kit?

Craig Hauber said:
And if I use all the suggestions in this thread will it fit in a pelican and still be under the 50lb checked baggage weight? :-)
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Haha, probably not. This was a great thread though, I thank everyone for their input. I'm still sourcing all the equipment for my kit, but I'll try to post some pics as I go.
 
Re: Your emergency kit?

You could replace all the previously mentioned Y-cables and turnarounds with some Z-cables instead. That might save a bit of weight.

I'm kind of lukewarm on the AC cheater plug too. Almost any ground loop can be corrected by better means. The exception has been Clear-com (or Telex) wireless base stations which frequently hum when connected to a remote location. Anybody come up with a better solution for that?

A spare AC cap (plug) has come in handy more than once to replace the plug with the chopped off ground pin on a musician's rig.

GTD
 
Re: Your emergency kit?

Please elaborate on the Z cable, google turned up nothing relevant. I have no intention of carrying a cheater plug, too much risk outweighs the one or two situations where it actually solves the problem.

Geoff Doane said:
You could replace all the previously mentioned Y-cables and turnarounds with some Z-cables instead. That might save a bit of weight.

I'm kind of lukewarm on the AC cheater plug too. Almost any ground loop can be corrected by better means. The exception has been Clear-com (or Telex) wireless base stations which frequently hum when connected to a remote location. Anybody come up with a better solution for that?

A spare AC cap (plug) has come in handy more than once to replace the plug with the chopped off ground pin on a musician's rig.

GTD
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Re: Your emergency kit?

Spenser Hamilton said:
Please elaborate on the Z cable, google turned up nothing relevant. I have no intention of carrying a cheater plug, too much risk outweighs the one or two situations where it actually solves the problem.
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A z cable typically has two XLRF and two XLRM connectors looped together. Looks like a Z which is where it gets it's name. These are very handy. They can act as a turnaround, or as a y cable in either direction.

They also tend to get a bit tangled. I like to bind the wires together so you've just got two connectors on each end with the wires tied together in teh middle...
 
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