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Old 02-02-2015, 02:44 PM
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Man, for the Amazon.ca price you could just build your own... In fact, that's what I'd do and what I've done in the past. I'd heavily consider it.

Other option is, if you don't live too far from the USA border, you can buy it on amazon.COM for a big discount and have it shipped to a mailbox on the other side. Go for a weeknd drive and pick it up. "Oh, but it's such a long drive and the gas would off set the cost!"... Sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime, get free 2-day shipping, buy a year's supplies at 50% of what Amazon.ca would cost and your save yourself a bundle.

I'll qualify this by recognizing the dollar makes this a little less sweet these days...

That said, even with the state of the dollar I saved about 40% the other week when ordering from Amazon.com.
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Old 02-02-2015, 03:48 PM
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Man, for the Amazon.ca price you could just build your own... In fact, that's what I'd do and what I've done in the past. I'd heavily consider it.
same form factor or with standard outlets and switches? please elaborate.
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Old 02-02-2015, 07:08 PM
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It wouldn't be too hard to build your own, those switches and plug blanks are easy to get. Just need some metal and paint
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It wouldn't be too hard to build your own, those switches and plug blanks are easy to get. Just need some metal and paint
I'm interested. Where? What? How?
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I got mine at axe music is a chauvet 8 independent switches. Cost $40ish
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http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...f-power-center
$39 Canadian. I just ordered two of them, was 9 bucks for shipping via Canada Post.
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I got mine at axe music is a chauvet 8 independent switches. Cost $40ish
Chauvet SR8?
http://www.amazon.ca/Chauvet-SR8-8-C.../dp/B000MWUQTG
http://www.chauvetlighting.com/relay-pack.html
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-a...r-8-relay-pack

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These are far more reliable than the American DJ in my experience.
I've never had a problem with the American DJ powerbars, what is the issue?

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$39 Canadian. I just ordered two of them, was 9 bucks for shipping via Canada Post.
Awesome, thank you!
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These are far more reliable than the American DJ in my experience.
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http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-Red-Light-Heavy-Duty-120V-ON-OFF-ROCKER-SWITCH-R13C-/191081152688

That's for 5 switches, the plugs are about that too and available at any electrical store, technically you can make it out of lexan with no metal at all, whole thing would be $50 in materials and custom. you could even build in a gfci for another $20

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...316368404.html
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http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-Red-Light-Heavy-Duty-120V-ON-OFF-ROCKER-SWITCH-R13C-/191081152688

That's for 5 switches, the plugs are about that too and available at any electrical store, technically you can make it out of lexan with no metal at all, whole thing would be $50 in materials and custom. you could even build in a gfci for another $20

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...316368404.html
That eBay link is dead.
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