Coytee Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I've got 4 amps I'm currently messing around with. I have 2 at a time hooked up to a Niles a/b box. The wires attach to the amps in different ways, bare wires, banna plugs, spade lugs. It's a hassel switching, or cutting off ends to swap them out, soooooooooooooo I thought about those little spade connectors. I could not find insulated ones so I might try them anyway but cut one lead short to help prevent them from being able to short out. Then my lightbult went off (or so I think) What if you got a heavy duty plug (wall socket). The kind with one or more of it's tabs turned sideways, this way, it's IMPOSSIBLE to plug it into a standard wall, which is all I have. I could take two male plugs & hook them to speaker wires. Take a lead to each amp and on the speaker end of that wire, attach a male 'outlet' (yes like a 20 amp outlet made for an extension cord). Now when I want to swap amps, instead of having to rewire any backside of amps, I can simply unplug the amp and plug it into a different plug. Presuming this makes sense, any thoughts as to why this is yet another one of my horrid ideas?? My basic goal is to have an easy/quick way to swap amps out of the system without haveing to get a screwdriver out. This idea came to me while at Home Depot. I'm sure a place like Radio Shack probably has a MUCH better solution. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted January 31, 2006 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2006 IT should work can't see why it wouldn't. I had a set of speakers outside and a set in the workshop but only had the B side on a receiver to work with . I put a double outlet box and two switches, when i wanted to play the workshop speakers i just turned off the outside speakers with the switches. I wasn't sure if it would work i thought there might be to much resistance from the switches , they were plain light switches but no problems. Sounds like a good idea easy to plug and unplug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 That would work fine, No electrical reason why you cannot use standard power plugs and sockets for speaker connections. Fact is on pro gear, speakers are often connected with the twist-locking 120v plugs and sockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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