RaceMedic Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I have searched the forums with no luck ... I appologize for the newbiew question.I am thinking of getting a 500' spool of C9 strings 12" apart. It is listed in the CDI pricing sale.Comments .. I need about 400' ?!What type of plugs are best to use to add top the ends. I was thinking of having a male end at the one end and having a female end at the other in case I ever want to expand it or should I cap it off at the far end.Thank-you in advance !Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 CDI also sells both male and female vampire plugs. One-stop shopping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hughes Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 actionlighting.com also has plugs of a slightly different style (which I prefer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim6918 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Rick Hughes wrote: actionlighting.com also has plugs of a slightly different style (which I prefer)Can you point me to their alligator plugs? I spent 15 minutes over there this morning and can't find them. They have some stringer on sale for a pretty good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Can you buy individual "clip-on" (alligator) C9 sockets? I want to use them for the strobes, but don't need/want the spacing of the ones that come on a spool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim6918 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 jimswinder wrote: Can you buy individual "clip-on" (alligator) C9 sockets? I want to use them for the strobes, but don't need/want the spacing of the ones that come on a spool.I was just looking at some on christmaslightshow.com.http://www.christmaslightshow.com/xcart/home.php?cat=29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 PERFECT!!! That's exactly what I was looking for.Thanks Jim!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 The fastest way I have found to locate the SPT2 plugs at action lighting, is to put SPT2 in the search field. Then flip back to typically page 3 of the results..Male SPT2 green ends are here:http://www.actionlighting.com/item-detail.asp?ID=1398&MainCategory=&Sub=Female green SPT2 here:http://www.actionlighting.com/item-detail.asp?ID=1397&MainCategory=&Sub=C9 Green sockets here: (temporarily out of stock)http://www.actionlighting.com/item-detail.asp?ID=1409&MainCategory=&Sub=Personally, as far as ending a string of C9 cord, even factory spaced cord, I tend to go ahead and put on a female end, just to have a UL listed fitting on the end. Lots of other things work, like liquid electrical tape, silicone, or heat shrink tubing, but I give the female cord end the highest marks for speed of installation, and durability.The few times that I do wind up doing one of the other methods, I will take the extra precaution of cutting one side at least 1/4 inch shorter than the other, so that if the added insulation fails, it is less likely to short on something, arc, and potentially start a fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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