Can you make a power supply cord shorter?

[2deaconblues]

Here's something I've been wondering about. I have my power supply mounted to a power strip on my pedal board. Since I use the power strip's cord to plug into the wall, the long cord of my power supply is just coiled up and taking up space on my pedal board. Can I cut the power suplly cord, trim off several feet of it,  and splice the end (the barrel plug) back on? I use a daisy chain from the power supply to my five pedals,  so the daisy chain is long enough to reach the pedals.

[twabelljr]

    You could make it more versatile if you cut a few inches back from the adapter, and a few inches back from the plug. Then put a 2-way connector on the end of each. (one male and one female of course) Then put a male 2-way on one end of the middle piece you cut out, and a female on the other end. You could have a short supply with just the adapter and plug ends connected together, and a long one if you ever need it by plugging the middle section back in.
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[Satch12879]

Yes, but here's a better and safer way: go to your local hardware store and pickup a new AC plug.  I use what are known as armored plugs.  Hack off the end of the cord, strip it, and install the new plug.  Will look neater than a splice job, too.

[Joecool85]

Splices can be plenty safe so long as you do a good job and then electrical tape it.  I do agree however that it would look better with a new plug.

[Rick]

And don't forget heat shrink tubing !  A small piece on each soldered joint, and a slightly larger
diameter piece to cover the whole mess. It takes mere minutes to do, and makes quite a robust connection.  ...Rick

[LyleCaldwell]

If you do put in a splice, use the Neutrik inline Powercon plugs.  Unbeatable.

[2deaconblues]

Thanks for the replies. Those modular plugs look really cool, BTW I had been planning to use heat shrinks to cover splice, but I may use those plugs for another project I have in mind.