Why, power in on the front of a rack light

Axe_meister

Just building a shopping list for my new musicians desk.
Looking at a rack light. Why are the power inputs on the front of the rack units? Seems wrong for a tidy setup.

digitalkettle

What's the unit?

I have a Furman power conditioner with pull-out lights...it has one IEC 240v output on the front panel and the rest of the gubbins on the rear.

octatonic

Axe_meister said:

Just building a shopping list for my new musicians desk.
Looking at a rack light. Why are the power inputs on the front of the rack units? Seems wrong for a tidy setup.

So you can patch something in temporarily without disturbing things around the back of the rack.

In studio use, there are loads of times I want to plug in a synth, pedalboard or an effects unit and pulling the rack out and reaching behind is a PITA.

In a live situation, I use the front input for my pedalboard, again so I don't have to reach around the back disturbing the wiring there.

spark240

Thats a power out connector...I used it lots of times .

Axe_meister

In this particular case it's just a one U LED light with the 12v in on the front.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/the_t.racks_srl_4_solid_rack_light_rgbw.htm
Even if it was designed to go in the back of a rack, I'd still have all fixed wiring on the inside.

digitalkettle

Axe_meister said:

In this particular case it's just a one U LED light with the 12v in on the front.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/the_t.racks_srl_4_solid_rack_light_rgbw.htm
Even if it was designed to go in the back of a rack, I'd still have all fixed wiring on the inside.

Isn't that the rear panel...so that the LEDs overhang the other units in the rack and illuminate the front of them?

(that would also make the dimmer switch accessible!)

PolarityMan

dammit  now I want one of those but I dont think I can fit it in

roberty

PolarityMan said:

dammit  now I want one of those but I dont think I can fit it in

Fnarr

digitalkettle

roberty said:

PolarityMan said:

dammit  now I want one of those but I dont think I can fit it in

Fnarr

Can you insert it from the rear?

Axe_meister

I think you put in on backwards so it sticks out on top of the rack. Just hope to god the rack cover has enough clearance