Need a heavy duty receptacle

Hey Markpao

I can't find the thread but there was an A'gon member here who used fishing line to help support his beefier power cords. Another gent I met used really thick pipe insulation to help support his power cords so they wouldn't slip from the receptacle. He measured the distance from the floor to the outlet cords, cut the pipe insulation and put it right under to prop it up. Since the outlets were behind his gear no one could see the propped up cords.

I'm curious too about 3 or 4 prong power cords and the special receptacles they require. I see this kind of cord and outlet with servers and dryers. Since there is a market for these big and beefy power cords in the audio community why it hasn't been attempted to use these types of locking receptacles etc etc.

While we're on the topic of droopy power cords, I would also mention that some of my power cords also sag down a bit on the female end in my component sockets as well. In particular my VooDoo Silver Dragon.
I'll bet if some power cord manufacturer came up with a high end twist lock with matching outlets they would get some attention. Not sure how they would address the female end at the component though.
Hey, wait a minute, my wife works at an attorneys patent office. I wonder..........

I'll bet if some power cord manufacturer came up with a high end twist lock with matching outlets they would get some attention. Not sure how they would address the female end at the component though.

Hubbell manufactures exactly what you describe, and since it's already UL approved the expense of having it certified is already taken care of.

I use the cryo version in my own system to accommodate 240 Volt for Euro gear. It's a great sounding combo and works with 125V and 240V up to 30 amp.

Here's the male at Amazon rather than the Porter Port version. Hubbell twist lock

"Hubbell manufactures exactly what you describe"

As I mentioned in my post above, I am aware of those twist lock ends.

I guess where I'm going with this is why don't these makers of big, heavy, stiff power cords make another way to plug em in and not droop. Why should one have to "prop it up" or whatever other means to stay connected?

I remember a stiff DCCA cord I had once moved by accident and broke the ground pin off. Cost me $50 to have the pin replaced plus shipping both ways. Some of these are just too much power cord for the (conventional) ends they put on them.

Hi Markpao

For the sagging of the power cord on the female end at the component. The way I handled it was I wrapped some electrical tape around the female end before plugging it in. That in addition to propping up the cables really helped with the strain and stopped the plug from slipping out. Another guy I spoke to took a business card and inserted it along with the power cord into the component female end. We both had same $40 cables so we didn't feel weird using such tricks to stop the slipping.

If you are ever into making your own cables I found SonarQuest power plugs grip like nothing else I've seen. Although I haven't used any power cord thicker than 10 AWG in there.