Rosco's "Wallhugger"

Just saw this tonight while looking at the new Rosco products. It's the wallhugger, what does the Booth think. Good product or another questionable idea. Being from Rosco, my initial feelings is this little guy could be rather useful.

 

Interesting. There's certainly plenty of times it could come in handy. A set of those would have been great in the ball room we used for shows the last couple years. (Raceways with Edison plugs).

I wish there was a version with an on/off switch on the back of it. That would make it a perfect tool for bench focuses.

 

Yes, a Right Angle NEMA 5-15 "cord cap" is about $7, and a Female 2P&G is $5, plus 18"-24" of 12/3 SOOW and 15 minutes of labor. Another solution to a non-existent problem.

As to your pinspot problem, [user]cvanp[/user], I thought your circuits were already Edison, and I've never seen a pinspot come with a stage pin plug.

 

The wallhugger adapter pictured above IS an Edison to StagePin adapter. When speaking "adapters" the male end is ALWAYS specified first (sorry ladies, that's just the way it is.) And [user]cvanp[/user] Any good lighting shop will have many different types of adapters, and they used to rent for $1/week, sometimes included in a fixture's rental price.

My favorite adapter happens to be an A5M-CamLock.

Another problem I see with the Rosco Wallhugger is if the duplex 5-15 outlet is installed horizontally, or upside down, undue pressure would be placed on the blades, and/or the strain relief of the male 2P&G. Also, many hotel ballrooms have floor pockets, in which that beast would not fit.

File the Rosco Wallhugger along with the Lex Products' Lex-Loc™ NEMA 5-15.

 

I think I paid $5 a week last time I got adapters. I have to move.

 

So for the price of a two week rental you could have bought the parts and made them yourself? Unless TwistLocs were involved--prices for those are extraordinary.

Maybe Stella Lights' first branch office should be in Seattle!

 

Ya... because I need another connector to deal with...

 

Well, now that Avkid mentions it, I always enjoyed the convenience of power and data running through a single NL-8 connector on the LSD Icon. Not sure if it was "legal" or not, though. I've also built many Edison to PowerCon adapters, so that kind of negates that idea.

 

There's a Neutron Hazer by Le Maitre, but the connector company is Neutrik, pronounced noy-trick, makers of the PowerCon®, OpticalCon®, EtherCon®, Speakon® NL-4, Speakon® NL-8, and XLR and other connectors. Certainly giving Switchcraft some competition.