1. Any plate containing flush mount receptacles for the purpose of interconnecting lighting, audio, video, or other systems.
2. Now obsolete, due to
DPC, a large metal enclosure containing plugs for circuits and receptacles for dimmers. Sometimes called spaghetti patch, for obvious reasons.
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Another:
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All resembled a telephone operator's switchboard, with the exception of the Ariel Davis/
Electro Controls/Rual Industries Slider Patch.
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3. More correctly called "patch bay" or "
pin patch," the right-most compartment of a Sensor 48 or 96-way Touring Rack,
or any touring rack where
multi-cable circuits are patched into dimmers.

Avolites ART2000 Touring
Dimmer Rack