Question on 'Signal Cable' Magic Strip Power Extension

[dpowell]

I decided that since I could not easily replace the 'built-in' power cords on my Sony ES AVR and recently acquired Adcom GFA 7500 that I would do the next best thing to deliver clean power by purchasing one of Signal Cables Magic Strip Power Extensions. I purchased one from Ebay for about half price.

I received it today but it is different from what is currently advertised on Signal Cable's website (and on the auction which just pulled the info from the website).

Signal Cable advertises a Hubbel 4-outlet box. The unit I recieved has the Signal Cable branded shrink-wrapped cable but the outlet box contains dual bright orange 20-amp outlets with a green triangle on them. A little google searching leads me to believe these are Leviton Hospital Grade outlets. A few other links took me to forum threads where these are not favorably reviewed.

Can anyone confirm what these are (or if this is what Frank used to use for the extensions) or does anyone know the differences between these outlets and the Hubbel outlets I expected to receive?

[Face]

If you don't get a promp response, I would give Frank a call.

And if you're considering getting rid of it, I'm interested.

[dpowell]

I thought about calling Frank but wasn't sure if it would be appropriate since I didn't buy it brand-new from him.....although, I did just buy about $225 worth of interconnects from him. I get those today! :D

Mainly I wanted to find out if there were any REAL heartaches about this brand of outlet vs. Hubbel, etc. or if the two negative reviews I found are just isolated opinions; not the norm.

[Gadabout]

Hubbel also makes an orange receptacle that is what they call a Hospital Grade :

HUBBELL- Part Number IG8200 or IG8200R. The triangle indicates isolated ground.

However, from Frank's picture on his site it would appear that he is using Hubbell - 420H receptacle. I couldn't find it in black, which is what the image shows.

My guess is that it is probably true Hubbell products. If you want to compare yours to the image of the orange hubbell receptacle. You can see it at Parts Connection - AC (http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/ac_products.html). Move the tabs on the bottom then choose Hubbell.

Hospital grade is pretty decent. Audio grade is a huge step up in price and something Hubbell doesn't offer (or at least I'm not aware of them carrying audio grade).

Scott

[dpowell]

Thanks Scott, that was helpful. It looks like the Hubbel orange outlet has the Hubbel name stamped on the face of the receptacle as part of the mold. I'll check and see if the outlets on my outlet box have the hubbel name. I'm pretty sure I'd have noticed that right off which leads me to believe these are either older model outlets or a different brand. In either case, I have both amps, DVD player and HDTV receiver connected and they sound good so far.....