Anyone Having Problem With Cardas Clear Beyond XL Power Cables Falling Out Of Equipment

Switch to a lighter cable, as well as replace your wall receptacle.

Be aware, even if you get a stronger wall receptacle, you can end up stripping the box itself.

If those cables weren't so pricey I'd suggest having the plugs replaced. Cardas does make some low profile, much lighter weight connectors:

https://www.partsconnexion.com/cardas-iec-ac-connectors.html

Of course, not every device benefits from a pricey cable. Have you listened to them with consumer grade versions?

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 First, which you probably already tried but just in case, work the cable as best you can to make it fit where you want it to go without any leftover twisting or bending torque at either end. Also at the same time see if components can be situated a little different as sometimes this alone will solve the problem.

Next step which a guy with this much already invested probably has done already is upgrade the outlet and since you know this is an issue ask about it as some do have a lot tighter fit than others. Or pull the receptacle, some of them once they are out of the wall you can get a screwdriver in there and bend the contacts a little to make for a much tighter fit.

The iec at the conditioner end at least you can shim it to fit tighter. Trim some thin wood shims, or wrap the end with something like teflon tape, whatever will make for a nice snug fit.

I have these PCs and they fit snugly into the AC outlet. My AC outlets are Porter Ports.

Thanks, might have to look into that. It just seems that both mail and female side have very little grip on my Shunyata Triton and wall oulets which have upgraded hospital grade receptacles.

This type of problem is endemic to many overbuilt Power Cords -- only reliable solution I know (beyond shimming them up) is the Furutech NCF cradles -- but kind of big $$ just as supports -- although used carefully the NCFs can improve the sound (but overtighten them and they can kill things dead)

That reminds me, Cable Elevators https://www.musicdirect.com/best-budget-tweaks-under-99/cable-elevators-cable-supports are really just ceramic high voltage insulators used on power lines and telephone poles. Their first and best use is under speaker cables, where they make a huge improvement. Take them out, lay the cables on the floor, hear the sound stage collapse. 

But you don't have to use Cable Elevators. Any similar insulator will do. And there are a lot of them! Search eBay, where believe it or not people collect the darn things as steam punk type decoration! Whatever, they're cheaper that way, as low as $5 if you shop around, and work just as good. I just added a couple to help dress my phono interconnect and raise a few others off the floor. Would work great to support a heavy stiff power cord, and you get the sonic benefit as well. 

HI Samgar- two things that should help.  First of all, rotate the duplex outlet 180 degrees so that the ground port is at the top rather than the bottom- this gives the cable a LOT better support and is within code.  Secondly at the IEC end, get some old fashioned cloth adhesive tape and wrap the IEC of the power cord a couple of turns to make it fit tighter.  I see some people use telson tape, but that is slippery and the cloth tape grips a LOT better.  Good Luck!

Ouch. All that $$$ and the cord won't stay in the receptacle. Judging from the size of those new connectors, geez.....no wonder. Frustrating. How far above the ground is your wall outlet? If possible, use hard foam cubes to elevate the cable off the ground, to make it more level with the wall outlet. Or those fancy Cardas wood cubes (!). I did that for my Clear Beyond C19 feeding Triton. Worked beautifully. Hubbell outlet too.

I have a Clear Beyond C15 on my power amp, and love it; plugged into Triton. No upgrading for me. If it ain't broken (i.e. if it sounds superb), don't mess with it.

Good luck.

At this price point (and supposedly thoughtful level of design), you shouldn't have to use ANY type of "tweak" like tack, tape, lifters, to keep the d--- cable in its place. Over-engineered indeed. I will take the black Cardas plugs on Clear Beyond and the rest of the line, anyday. Shame.

If its to loose rap a piece of electrical tape around the female end.Also use Furutech outlets or something of equal quality.I use a cable tower in the middle of the cable  for support as well.

Papercup upside down underneath the cable at the strategic spots to support some weight? You can stack them as many as necessary to adjust the height.

Well, this is what happens when you buy a 3 AWG power cord.  

Use some teflon plumbers tape around the IEC end.

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I have never had that issue, using the cord on two different amps and plugged into a power line conditioner.