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Power mess... too many wall warts

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I just recently acquired 2 more scanners. All work fine except now I'm faced with a unsightly and potentaly dangerous mess of cords and wallwarts. I have 3 power strips coming out of 3 seperate outlets and all are full to the max. Between 4 PC'c, 6 monitors, 5 base scanners, and a large shortwave receiver (Grundig 800) I am wondering if there might be a better way to manage my power. I also cant help but think that all these wires touching and crossing each other might be having an effect on performance of my rigs. Any suggestions?
 
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The wires touching is no issue at all, crossing is less.

Get an 4 to 6 foot industrial outlet strip with all the outlets you need, or put together a few quad boxes.
 

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I recently saw a post where someone was using and highly recommended using a device ( I cant think of the name of it) that was a strip that you could plug multiple radios into using the red and black wires (typically used for auto install. Does anyone know what I am talking about?
 

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The thing i was talking about in my post above is called a RigRunner. So I have narrowed it down to two options. I either buy a RigRunner or a 12v Power supply. They both will run me in the neighborhood of $150.00

Does the RigRunner run from a wall outlet, or does it need a Power supply? If I get just the power supply, can I run all 6 scanners from that one supply?
 

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I have a rigrunner and I love it.! It does not come with a power supply. I use mine for powering 5 motorola radios in "scanner mode" (receive only) with a 15 amp power supply - Thats more than enough power for receiving only. Scanners use very little power, around .5-1.0 amps i think. I would say a 10 amp supply would be more than enough for 5 scanners.

The only thing with a rigrunner is that they use Anderson Powerpoles for the connections, I love them, some people don't. They take a bit to get used to but they keep everything neat and safe. You would have to make your own wire/connections from your scanner (hardwire) from the scanner to the rigrunner but I'd say thats the only way to go if you really wanna get rid of the "wall-warts".

Let me know if you have any questions.

Alex
 

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If the voltage for all your wall warts is the same then get a power supply and power the radio from one power source.
 
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