Mains lead with a passthrough fly lead
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I remember in mediaeval times using a neat mains lead design and I'm trying to source one now, but don't know the technical term and can't find them.
Regular mains kettle lead, except that the plug was not a plug. It was the male end (so the kettle prongs) on one side, and another female end on the other side. I think they were originally designed for PC monitors, so you would have a regular lead plugged into the wall, which would plug into this cable at the back of the CPU, and the fly lead would plug into the monitor.
Anyone have any suggestions ? Thank you.
Regular mains kettle lead, except that the plug was not a plug. It was the male end (so the kettle prongs) on one side, and another female end on the other side. I think they were originally designed for PC monitors, so you would have a regular lead plugged into the wall, which would plug into this cable at the back of the CPU, and the fly lead would plug into the monitor.
wall plug ----- adaptor - CPU
|_____ monitor
Anyone have any suggestions ? Thank you.
This sort of thing?
https://www.google.com/search?q=male+to+male+kettl...
I think they were used on certain UPS devices
https://www.google.com/search?q=male+to+male+kettl...
I think they were used on certain UPS devices
Stiggolas said:
That piggy back lead scares the s
t out of me. There's a reason mains cables have a male and female end - so that when the cable is live, you can't contact any pins with fingers etc. The one Mr Pointy suggests is a far better solution, 1 IEC to 2 female ends...
I can’t believe that is legal, if you don’t have anything plugged in you basically have live pins on show.t out of me. There's a reason mains cables have a male and female end - so that when the cable is live, you can't contact any pins with fingers etc. The one Mr Pointy suggests is a far better solution, 1 IEC to 2 female ends...Mr Pointy said:
Can you post a link to where you got this picture from? I'd like to see what is on the end of the cable.
It was just a random picture from Google. But here is the site it was from. http://www.conntek.com/products.asp?id=411The last time I saw one it was attached to a pair of PC speakers.
The problem I find with them is the extra weight and thus torque on the back of the psu can cause issues.
Stiggolas said:
That piggy back lead scares the st out of me. There's a reason mains cables have a male and female end - so that when the cable is live, you can't contact any pins with fingers etc. The one Mr Pointy suggests is a far better solution, 1 IEC to 2 female ends...
I don't think it works the way you think it does. The end you can see plugs into the PC the a standard power lead plugs into the other end of the double bit. The part you can't see is the supply to the monitor.t out of me. There's a reason mains cables have a male and female end - so that when the cable is live, you can't contact any pins with fingers etc. The one Mr Pointy suggests is a far better solution, 1 IEC to 2 female ends...You have to be careful with wire gauge and current limitations with stuff like this, the standard IEC leads can be anything from 5A (0.75mm) to 13A (1.25mm) rated.
Then what happens is the lower rated lead blows the fuse, it gets replaced with a 13A fuse and then next time the f**king cable melts.
Then what happens is the lower rated lead blows the fuse, it gets replaced with a 13A fuse and then next time the f**king cable melts.
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