Power supplies: Left or right?

Psean

Hi
I'm putting together a pedal board and want to attach the power supply underneath with a plug on the side like Sean's here:

http://www.guitarforum.co.za/your-gear/your-pedalboard!!!/msg176136/#msg176136

Are there any benefits to having the plug on the left as opposed to the right of the board, or vice versa?

Thanks

deefstes

Psean wrote: Are there any benefits to having the plug on the left as opposed to the right of the board, or vice versa?

Yes, the benefits to having the plug on the left is that, if the cable comes from the left, it can go straight into the board. The downside of having the plug on the left is that, if the cable comes from the right, it has to go around the board first.

Having the plug on the right has its own benefits and downsides. The benefit is that, if the cable comes from the right it can go straight into the board. The downside of course is that, if the cable comes from the left, it has to go around the board first.

Hope that helped ?

Psean

Hehe. Cool
I guess it's best to go with what'll be most convenient the majority of the time then

costafonix

'Ang on there,,,there's a 3rd option...put it in the middle ? ?

Psean

CostaFonix wrote: 'Ang on there,,,there's a 3rd option...put it in the middle ? ?

Mmmm...
Could be worth considering ?

deefstes

Psean wrote:
CostaFonix wrote: 'Ang on there,,,there's a 3rd option...put it in the middle ? ?
Mmmm...
Could be worth considering ?

That's the first thought I had. If you want to get fancy, why not do something like what you see on the underside of a telephone where the cable can be routed whichever way you want? So, if looking at the pedal board from below, you'd see something like this:

What sort of a question is that? Of course I'm not OCD. ?

AlanRatcliffe

Left seems to be the unofficial standard these days. I know I get cheesed off when I bolt together a rack and one unit with power coming in on the right screws up a perfect power layout. ?

Psean

Deefstes, that is a cool idea. Slight overkill but a good excuse to play with a router ?

At the moment I'm torn between putting it in the the middle just 'cause I can and the left 'cause it's the standard...

SnapcaseZA

Why dont you just put a plug on both the left and right? Wire them in parallel - maybe put a switch in if you're worried about the safety.

Psean

That's not a bad idea either. Probably unnecessarily complex though. I reckon the left must be the standard for some reason other than convention. Thinking about it now, it makes sense (to me anyway) to have it on the left; the pedals' outputs are on on the left, cable running to amp is therefore on the left. Probably neater to have the power cable running on the same side.

deefstes

SnapcaseZA wrote: Why dont you just put a plug on both the left and right? Wire them in parallel - maybe put a switch in if you're worried about the safety.

If you wanted to do this you will absolutely HAVE to add a switch of sorts lest you'll have a male kettle cable plug with 220V on it, open to be touched by anyone who's not paying attention.

DDR4LYF

I put mine on the left because of the placement of my amp's power input. I use one of those computer chords that goes to two outputs. So with my amp behind me and pedal board in front, they make the shortest path from the amp to the board. Maybe that helps? I don't know if I explained myself properly...

Psean

DDR4LYF wrote: I put mine on the left because of the placement of my amp's power input. I use one of those computer chords that goes to two outputs. So with my amp behind me and pedal board in front, they make the shortest path from the amp to the board. Maybe that helps? I don't know if I explained myself properly...

Yip. Makes sense. I'm gonna use two separate cables so that I can have them further apart if need be but I reckon I'll stick it on the left.