Travelling with 24” Monitors

Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by FrankSansC on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:48AM (#22462482)

> For the powering one thing to take into account is that cable are somewhat heavy and if you have 3 screen + your laptop you will need 4 electrical sockets. You could use the same socket for the screens by doing something like that.

Please DON'T DO THAT! Shortcuts / fire start with things like this. You can find C13 splitter power cords on the net for like 20~30 euros.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by polote on Monday March 02, 2020 @08:13AM (#22464058)

Author here: there is a screw terminal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_terminal) inside. Thats exactly what is used in every houses in the world also the current is so low that there can't be any issue.

But I didn't know about C13 slitter, that sounds like a good improvement

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by kayfox on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:53AM (#22466118)

Theatre tech here, screw terminal blocks are not rated for being in any sort of flexing situation nor are they very good at stranded cable. It would be a better idea to get a cable specifically designed to break out to 3 IEC connectors.

Or at least put the screw terminals into a housing designed for it.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by dirktheman on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:36AM (#22463832)

His job, his livelihood depends on a single terminal block/bad soldering & ducttape hackjob. I'm all for DIY solutions to unique problems, but this is just plain stupid. It's only a matter of time before that thing sets on fire.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by fluuuhi on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:29AM (#22463796)

With disassembling it like he does, he also lost every insurance.

If something happens and they figure out that he had some custom rig with open panels laying around he has to pay.

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