Wall warts in racks

[jtb226]

Ok, so I'm in the process of building a rack system.

How do you guys deal with wall warts in your racks?

I don't have a power center now (going to get a Monster 2500 here soon).

I'll probably just mount a power strip inside the rack somehow (it is a hard, ABS rack).

Just not quite sure how to do it all. Any tips/suggestions?

 

[ned]

If you've got more than one I would look at either the Pedal Power2 or a Pedal Power AC depending on the power needs of your rack.

Otherwise get a Furman Plug Lock for the warts.

 

[jtb226]

At the moment, the stuff I have in there is mostly 12v (guitar wireless, in ears, drummer's in ears) so the Pedal Power stuff won't work (at least AFAIK)

 

[DeFrag]

+1 on the Furman PlugLock.. it'll mount in the back of your rack.
http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=PLUGLOCK

 

[ned]

I can power my Rocktron Xpression and Rack Interface with the PP-AC without any problems.

 

[pjrake]

the only wall wart i have on my rack is the rocktron midi foot controller. i used electrical tape to hold it in place. so far so good, but if it comes out i'll see it when setting up for a gig.

had the furman P8 (i think, it's the cheap one) and the wall wart was a little loose, but just got the monster pro 2500 and it fits much tighter!

-PJ

 

[adamTXBK]

I have three wall warts: ISP Decimator Pro Rack G, Shure EW172 wireless, Voodoo Lab GCX. I just mounted a small cheap power bar to the side of my rack and shortened the power cable and plugged it into my Monster 2500 power conditioner. works so far. I still get a bit of a buzz in the 2nd channel of my ISP, so I may have to re-arrange the wall warts. but other than that its a cheap solution.

 

[pjrake]

I have three wall warts: ISP Decimator Pro Rack G, Shure EW172 wireless, Voodoo Lab GCX. I just mounted a small cheap power bar to the side of my rack and shortened the power cable and plugged it into my Monster 2500 power conditioner. works so far. I still get a bit of a buzz in the 2nd channel of my ISP, so I may have to re-arrange the wall warts. but other than that its a cheap solution.

+1 on shortening the power cables!

-PJ

 

[haven]

+1 for furmans awesomness

 

[ylo]

I use Dr. Ferd wallwart removers. These are thick black platforms that plug into a power strip but sit about 6 inches away, ideally on a horizontal surface. You then plug each wall wart into one of them. This gets them off of the power strip. I have 7 wall warts lurking in my rack, some for units in the rack, some for stuff on my pedalboard.

You can also mount a wall wart remover on the inside left or right side wall of the rack with double-sided adhesive tape or industrial velcro, then use a cable tie to keep the wall wart from jiggling lose during transport.