Power cable connection issue, plug slightly sags and disconnects


heavier Power cables tend to not fit very securely so if there is a slight connection angle they no longer carry the power.  How are you supposed to maintain a horizontal connection when they are so heavy???

Slight movement to a rack tends to cause the disconnection.

So I go back to the cheaper, much cheaper, much lighter and flexible power cord received with device and it fits really good.

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It’s a $700 10 gauge power cord connected to the back of a component on the rack.

I guess I can find a way to prop it up but that’s problematic and may not be workable. I think it was doing an OK job when it was connected.

And now I’m finding it’s not connecting at all when I jostle it around. The component prongs sticking out are very secure not the problem.

Sounds like its the power cable’s connectors that are the problem. Better connectors also have a tighter grip. Which cable is it, if you don’t mind me asking?

This was covered not that long ago in another thread.  Solutions: wrapping various kinds of tape around the connector, suspending the cable with various kinds of thread or line, propping up the cable with various home-made contraptions--I remember one which was a cradle made out of Lego bricks.  It's a fact of life that there will slight variations in the standard: I've experienced both connectors that it was virtually impossible to get into the socket, and connectors that were loose.  The weight of many high-end PCs doesn't help!