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    From Don Y@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 1 12:59:38 2025
    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77>

    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is
    accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in black-on-black)

    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 1 13:17:04 2025
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 12:59:38 -0700, Don Y <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77>

    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is >accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in black-on-black)

    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

    What's a PDU?

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  • From Klaus Kragelund@21:1/5 to john larkin on Mon Jun 2 02:23:15 2025
    On 01-06-2025 22:17, john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 12:59:38 -0700, Don Y <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77> >>
    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is
    accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in black-on-black)

    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

    What's a PDU?

    From the picture, looks like a Power Distributing Unit, so a UPS, where
    he's converting from IEC style outputs to something that goes into a US
    style plug

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  • From Tom Del Rosso@21:1/5 to Don Y on Wed Jun 4 05:14:01 2025
    Don Y wrote:
    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77>

    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in
    black-on-black)

    They're about 2.5 times as long as a typical power plug.



    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

    They hold on as tight as any IEC plug does, which is tighter than
    regular plugs.



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  • From Tom Del Rosso@21:1/5 to john larkin on Wed Jun 4 05:09:31 2025
    john larkin wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 12:59:38 -0700, Don Y <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77> >>
    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is
    accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in
    black-on-black)

    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

    What's a PDU?

    Power Distribution Unit, or really expensive power strip, typically 6
    feet long to mount vertically in an equipment rack or 19 inches long to
    mount horizontally. The long ones usually have outlets divided into 3
    groups with 3 breakers and 3 LED current meters. They don't have
    batteries but racks usually have 2 UPS's and 2 PDU's, and servers and
    switches each have 2 PSU's. The long ones have only IEC outlets and the
    short ones usually do.


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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Tom Del Rosso on Wed Jun 4 06:06:10 2025
    On 6/4/2025 2:14 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
    Don Y wrote:
    I'm thinking of replacing the "pigtail" adapters for my PDU
    with these:

    <https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98x-lmsq0ovw6cnj77> >>
    But, concerned about spacing (I need to find an alternative that is
    accompanied by engineering drawings, or at least, isometrics to get
    a feel for the volume occupied (Hard to perceive depth in
    black-on-black)

    They're about 2.5 times as long as a typical power plug.

    Yes, but are they "edge stackable"? I.e., can I use an *adjacent* PDU
    position if one is installed in "this" position? Or, does it block/overhang its neighbors?

    Some seem designed to mate to the end of *cords* instead of a PDU
    (they seem to have a bulkier composition as if meant to be held
    in a hand)

    Anyone used things like these? How well do they adhere?

    They hold on as tight as any IEC plug does, which is tighter than
    regular plugs.

    So, plugging a heavy gauge cord into one wouldn't be any worse than
    said cord mating with the PDU itself? (I was concerned that there
    would be a levering action as the cord would now be a few inches off
    the PDU -- which is mounted vertically)

    With the pigtails, the connection to the PDU is just like any other
    *cord*.

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