LF: American DJ Powerbars

[GoFish]

I bought the last American DJ power bar last week at a local L+M, the sticker on the box said $31.50 so they honoured it
There are apparently 81 on order across Canada and was also told March. Did they make you pay up front? I was told I had to.

[Myka]

Thanks for the pic Dave. Yes, those outlets are pretty close - won't be able to plug any adapters into it without blocking the next outlet. I like the blue switched on it better than the red ones though.

Originally Posted by Vancity

I bought the last American DJ power bar last week at a local L+M, the sticker on the box said $31.50 so they honoured it
There are apparently 81 on order across Canada and was also told March. Did they make you pay up front? I was told I had to.

Nice deal! Yes, they are all paid for.

[xenon]

Originally Posted by Myka

Thanks for the pic Dave. Yes, those outlets are pretty close - won't be able to plug any adapters into it without blocking the next outlet. I like the blue switched on it better than the red ones though.

You could just get 12" extension cords for those larger adapters...

[ScubaSteve]

Man, for the Amazon.ca price you could just build your own... In fact, that's what I'd do and what I've done in the past. I'd heavily consider it.

Other option is, if you don't live too far from the USA border, you can buy it on amazon.COM for a big discount and have it shipped to a mailbox on the other side. Go for a weeknd drive and pick it up. "Oh, but it's such a long drive and the gas would off set the cost!"... Sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime, get free 2-day shipping, buy a year's supplies at 50% of what Amazon.ca would cost and your save yourself a bundle.

I'll qualify this by recognizing the dollar makes this a little less sweet these days...

That said, even with the state of the dollar I saved about 40% the other week when ordering from Amazon.com.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Man, for the Amazon.ca price you could just build your own... In fact, that's what I'd do and what I've done in the past. I'd heavily consider it.

same form factor or with standard outlets and switches? please elaborate.

[CM125]

It wouldn't be too hard to build your own, those switches and plug blanks are easy to get. Just need some metal and paint

[Myka]

Originally Posted by CM125

It wouldn't be too hard to build your own, those switches and plug blanks are easy to get. Just need some metal and paint

I'm interested. Where? What? How?

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by lastlight

same form factor or with standard outlets and switches? please elaborate.

Yup, same form factor... or any form factor you wanted really. I'd just order the switches and outlet sockets from Newark, Mouser or Digikey and build an enclosure for it. The wiring is pretty basic but I could post a schematic.

The enclosure is pretty straight forward. A few pieces of acrylic or aluminum, a table saw, a jig saw/dremel and you're done. If you wanted to get fancy, you could find someone local to laser cut the panels for you, then just glue screw them together.

I'd build my own, once my American DJ strip craps out, simply for the ability to have form factor that fit my stand better. Now, I should say that I do have an entire machine shop in my HOUSE dedicated to prototyping (I'm a product designer) and have access to a CNC mill, lathe, 3D printers, etc, so my perspective on the relative ease at which something can be built is different from that of others. That said, to make your own powerstrip is fairly easy project for anyone to muster and which doesn't require a lot of tools, just enthusiasm!

[Blink]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Yup, same form factor... or any form factor you wanted really. I'd just order the switches and outlet sockets from Newark, Mouser or Digikey and build an enclosure for it. The wiring is pretty basic but I could post a schematic.

The enclosure is pretty straight forward. A few pieces of acrylic or aluminum, a table saw, a jig saw/dremel and you're done. If you wanted to get fancy, you could find someone local to laser cut the panels for you, then just glue screw them together.

I'd build my own, once my American DJ strip craps out, simply for the ability to have form factor that fit my stand better. Now, I should say that I do have an entire machine shop in my HOUSE dedicated to prototyping (I'm a product designer) and have access to a CNC mill, lathe, 3D printers, etc, so my perspective on the relative ease at which something can be built is different from that of others. That said, to make your own powerstrip is fairly easy project for anyone to muster and which doesn't require a lot of tools, just enthusiasm!

If someone needs laser cutting done just fire me a PM, I've got access to a 2500 watt and 4000 watt if you need something like 1" plate cut.