Got some good expensive ones at work. Forgot to look at the brand today.
Ah' never mind, I did add it's link to my weblinks list. Reel Craft (cable reel mfr.)
http://www.reelcraft.com/default.htm
First question is what's your amperage assuming single
circuit? That's a major factor.
On the cheaper but ones, in the past I have used them for running
DMX cable. Bought a Grainger a 16/3 metal shelled cable spool, removed the locks and swapped out the cable for a single pair
XLR digital grade cable. Worked perfectly as long as I
thru bolted where possible and added
safety cable loops to the frame. You can pass
DMX thru the brushes of a cable reel.
Industrial doesn't always mean
stage rugged. No matter what brand, make sure nothing can come un-screwed and that you have a seperate or hard
point to rig the
safety cable from. After that,
thread locker is your friend.
If you have the budget, could always do a scizzors lift that flys the scenery and
power in from above. Has your
multi-cable folding within the lift. Did that game for some tour last year - where I work made it's own so as to do a longer distance than otherwise available. Not cheap but that's a way of both sending the scenery/lighting down and powering them up all
in one from above without having to worry about feeding the cable in with the scenery or lighting.
Another option in doing the trip
line concept as per a normal fly
system would be to have a look at Lex Products -
flat Socapex cable. Just saw a sample of it with the
plug on it this week. That's cool - about 1/2" thick and would fold up well as per a belt of
wire instead of cable. Potentially you could do some sort of narrow
basket for the cable to fold up in or given it's
flat cable it would fold
in one direction instead of where ever the cable wants to coil up.