Quick Tip: Extension Cables

Perhaps you read a previous post on How To Wrap Cables Properly.  On a similar note, here's some advice that is useful both on set and at home.

Extension cables, or "stingers", sometimes have to be run along in a daisy chain to power equipment.  It's frustrating and embarrassing when your chain keeps coming apart, so use this simple trick to hold them together:

Baboom.  You'll also notice that the orange cables are taped down.  Securing loose cables with tape or a mat is always a good idea.  Imagine someone tripping over a cable and bringing down an expensive and extremely hot light, possibly on someone.  Even if it's that gaffer you don't get along with, it would be a disaster.