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Title: Power inlet help
Post by: Guywiththegun on December 08, 2016, 10:47:23 am

Is there a guide for wiring a power inlet? Something like this:

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Qualtek/703W-00-08/?qs=258DH3jk4VdJ6ZTfPlRGrg%3D%3D&gclid=CNiC3fL35NACFQ9MDQodvRkARA (http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Qualtek/703W-00-08/?qs=258DH3jk4VdJ6ZTfPlRGrg%3D%3D&gclid=CNiC3fL35NACFQ9MDQodvRkARA)

Although I've seen the ones with a switch on it:

http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1vMXZKFXXXXaNXVXXq6xXFXXXg/1PC-IEC320-C14-AC-font-b-Power-b-font-Cord-font-b-Inlet-b-font-font.jpg (http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1vMXZKFXXXXaNXVXXq6xXFXXXg/1PC-IEC320-C14-AC-font-b-Power-b-font-Cord-font-b-Inlet-b-font-font.jpg)

Is there an advantage to having the switch?

All I need is power to the speakers/sub, monitor and PC (I have marquee lights wired to the PC directly). I'm thinking of getting a smart strip so power is cut completely when the PC is turned off. I'm guessing the setup would be:

- Smart strip mounted in the cab, wired to the power inlet which is mounted on the back of the cab, which can then be used like a PC power supply with the chord going from the inlet to a wall socket. Anything I need to look for in terms of voltage, watts, etc? Is this reasonably safe?

Title: Re: Power inlet help
Post by: brrrito on December 08, 2016, 02:39:30 pm

Those C13 jacks are pretty straight forward.

BLACK = HOT
WHITE = NEUTRAL
GREEN = GROUND

or

BROWN = HOT
BLUE = NEUTRAL
GREEN/YELLOW STRIPE = GROUND


Female:

        | (g)
(N)|     | (h)


Male:

       | (g)
(h)|    | (N)


The advantage of a switch would be having a (pretty high rated, and probably will never blow) fuse in the case of a serious power surge, and also a nice handy master power switch on the outside of the cab.

That layout sounds like it would work fine, and no, theres nothing inherently dangerous about this type of wiring if you make sure and use common sense while doing it. After all, this is the same basic wiring as all the outlets in your home. Youre basically just hardwiring a power stip to an outlet.



(Also, first post. Not too great at posting images yet. Trying to help and be cool!)