Trasformers at truck?

ellery · 1st December 2005, 08:04 PM

I have been working up blueprints for my wiring. One thing that come to mind is. Can i mount the trasformers at the truck instead of having them at the stage?

150ft max
____________________ Trasformers____ Truck I/O
<__________________________________FOH
150FT max

**Remoteness** · 1st December 2005, 08:14 PM

Why do you want to do that?
What is your motivation?

ellery · 2nd December 2005, 06:02 AM

I have four reasons that come to mind.

1st. I've had racks grow legs at shows before.

2nd. sometimes you are given a split from someone else's snake. Not knowing if it’s truly isolated or not.

3rd. It would make the stage boxes allot lighter. I was thinking of putting two mass connectors at the I/O panel. One that runs thru the transformers and one that bypasses the transformers. Or wire the inputs to a patch panel and have the ability to take the transformer out of line by patching around it

4th. If the transformers are installed in the truck there is a lot less chance at damaging the unit.

**Remoteness** · 7th December 2005, 08:44 AM

I see…

1: In my experience, racks may grow legs but, microphones grow fingers a lot quicker! They’re much easier to hide than racks too.

2: So, are you talking about installing 1:1 transformers or splitter transformers at the truck side? We keep our splitter transformers on stage (sometimes at FOH) and our bridging and 1:1 transformers in the patch bay (inside the truck or within the portable rigs.) We also, have plenty of extras not normally found in your average patch bays -- You wouldn’t believe the amount of transformer; pads; phase reverses; mults in our bays! It's borderline "insane."

3: A lighter stage box is cool but, do you really want to run the secondary feeds back to the stage or FOH from the truck? Isn’t that a lot more work and extra hassle or am I not understanding you? With that said, I still like your “two MASS connectors at the truck’s I/O panel a lot. One XFMR MASS, one NON-XFMR MASS. Very cool, We do something like that but it’s in the form of extra transformer isolated XLR panels.

4: I’m not sure about that… You got a better chance in having a serious accident with that truck parked (or driving) outside which could surely damage those transformers (depending on where they're installed) then someone damaging them inside onstage or at FOH…

Hey, I’m not wishing any harm to you or your property – I’m just thinking out loud about the bigger picture.

I hope this helped!

**Remoteness** · 7th December 2005, 05:41 PM

Here's a short thread from 2003 about XFMRs in the patch bay for your review...

Transformers in the Patch Bay

**Remoteness** · 15th February 2007, 06:46 AM

ellery,

What did you end up doing?

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1st December 2005, 08:04 PM	#1
ellery Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Summerville, GA Posts: 27	Trasformers at truck? I have been working up blueprints for my wiring. One thing that come to mind is. Can i mount the trasformers at the truck instead of having them at the stage? 150ft max ____________________ Trasformers____ Truck I/O <__________________________________FOH 150FT max __________________ Ellery Durgin ejd91717@gmail.com (404)-824-7698

1st December 2005, 08:14 PM	#2
Remoteness Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 4,880	Why do you want to do that? What is your motivation? __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network Remoteness on Myspace

2nd December 2005, 06:02 AM	#3
ellery Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Summerville, GA Posts: 27	I have four reasons that come to mind. 1st. I've had racks grow legs at shows before. 2nd. sometimes you are given a split from someone else's snake. Not knowing if it’s truly isolated or not. 3rd. It would make the stage boxes allot lighter. I was thinking of putting two mass connectors at the I/O panel. One that runs thru the transformers and one that bypasses the transformers. Or wire the inputs to a patch panel and have the ability to take the transformer out of line by patching around it 4th. If the transformers are installed in the truck there is a lot less chance at damaging the unit. __________________ Ellery Durgin ejd91717@gmail.com (404)-824-7698

7th December 2005, 08:44 AM	#4
Remoteness Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 4,880	I see… 1: In my experience, racks may grow legs but, microphones grow fingers a lot quicker! They’re much easier to hide than racks too. 2: So, are you talking about installing 1:1 transformers or splitter transformers at the truck side? We keep our splitter transformers on stage (sometimes at FOH) and our bridging and 1:1 transformers in the patch bay (inside the truck or within the portable rigs.) We also, have plenty of extras not normally found in your average patch bays -- You wouldn’t believe the amount of transformer; pads; phase reverses; mults in our bays! It's borderline "insane." 3: A lighter stage box is cool but, do you really want to run the secondary feeds back to the stage or FOH from the truck? Isn’t that a lot more work and extra hassle or am I not understanding you? With that said, I still like your “two MASS connectors at the truck’s I/O panel a lot. One XFMR MASS, one NON-XFMR MASS. Very cool, We do something like that but it’s in the form of extra transformer isolated XLR panels. 4: I’m not sure about that… You got a better chance in having a serious accident with that truck parked (or driving) outside which could surely damage those transformers (depending on where they're installed) then someone damaging them inside onstage or at FOH… Hey, I’m not wishing any harm to you or your property – I’m just thinking out loud about the bigger picture. I hope this helped! __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network Remoteness on Myspace

7th December 2005, 05:41 PM	#5
Remoteness Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 4,880	Here's a short thread from 2003 about XFMRs in the patch bay for your review... Transformers in the Patch Bay __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network Remoteness on Myspace

15th February 2007, 06:46 AM	#6
Remoteness Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 4,880	ellery, What did you end up doing? __________________ Steve Remote AuraSonicLtd.com the home of ASL Mobile & Location Production Remoteness on the Linkedin Network Remoteness on Myspace

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