RE: Speaker plate

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Mick,

I take it that there are 20 cables, each 2-core, so a total of 40 cores to
deal with ?

Having made some of the DIY plates, it is possible to group the connectors
quite close together, particularly when using single banana sockets, rather
than the paired ones.
(e.g. http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=cpc+catalogue&category%5Fname=&product%5Fid=91391)

Other than that, you're probably looking at something like
"Speakon" plugs. Go to http://rswww.com and search for part # 385-165.
This is a professional multi-way speaker cable plug. Could only find it in
8-way versions though, so you'll still need 5 of them :-/

As a last chance, you could try a <cough> SCART plug. 21 way, so
you'll need two, but they would both fit on one double-gang wall plate. Not
sure of the current capacity of the plugs though, probably not too high :-(
What do you want to run off the cables ? Simple speech announcements, or
you home cinema ?

HTH,

Tim H.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Furlong

I have a bundle of speaker cables (79 strand) coming out of the wall in my
living room, some are home runs to node zero for patching to the room
cables
some are local to ceiling speakers or wall mount plates. In total there are
around 20. Question is how do I terminate them in a way that will be
functional but will also be acceptable to swmbo.?

I dont really want to fix x times double plates as the corner is already
loaded with power cat5 and 5amp sockets so can anyone suggest a neat way to
do it for a total hamfisted person :) I have looked at the home made
solution posted by someone a long while back and it would be acceptable
apart from the number of sockets that need to be mounted. Any ideas would
be
welcome.

thanks
Mick

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