Any Guidance on Stage Lighting connectors Is Appreciated

I'll gladly take anything that isn't the little square ones....

Generally we end up buying the Bates brand, I think the strain relief is better then the Union hourglass.. (or at least the version of the hourglass that I have, no idea when they were manufactured.)
 
I'll gladly take anything that isn't the little square ones....

Generally we end up buying the Bates brand, I think the strain relief is better then the Union hourglass.. (or at least the version of the hourglass that I have, no idea when they were manufactured.)

Luckily the old Union square connectors haven't been manufactured in at least a decade.
 
Hello everyone!

I'm new around and it's actually my first post.

I hope I came to right place.

I'm looking to dig up more about the optimum choice in terms of stag pin connectors.

I'm heard that Bates and Group 5 are among the best out there.

Do you find these competitive value?

http://www.atielectrical.com/resource-center/stage-pin-review/
My personal favorite by far are Bates connector with the clear top. It lets you easily see if it is connected correctly, or if one of the wires is pulling free, etc. Once we changed to these, our connector issues all went away.
 
The OP asked the same question over in the ProSoundWeb forum, and one of the answers regarding Bates plugs contained this:
One of the criteria for UL listing is meeting the AIA standard. When AIA changed its standard bates announced they would not update their connector because it would be to costly. In theory UL should update their processes ASAP upon receiving new AIA standards, at which point it will no longer be UL listed.
Hard to believe this is true.
 
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The OP asked the same question over in the ProSoundWeb forum, and one of the answers regarding Bates plugs contained this:

Hard to believe this is true.

1. As far as I know, there is no AIA standard that relates to pin connectors.
2. Pin connectors are covered by the UL498 standard, UL category code RUFR.
3. A few years back, the UL498 standard changed to adopt by reference the ESTA/ANSI E1.24 standard for pin connectors.
4. This adoption required all pin connectors to be reevaluated by UL for dimensional conformity to E1.24.
5. It is possible that some pin connector manufacturers elected not to conform to E1.24, in which case the UL listing of their connector would have been withdrawn.
6. I cannot comment on the specifics of Bates connectors with regard to UL listing, since I don't know.
 

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