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Thanks! Funny thing is, I spent a lot of time trying to clean up the cabling. Any pointers to hide the cables better?

Hmm, I'm not sure about the clamps. I was mainly involved in the electronic aspect. I know they seemed really beefy. 3/8" bolts on the clamp and a 3/8" eye threaded in with lock washers and nuts on both sides. I remember someone mentioning that they were rated for over 300lbs. If I remember...

The pipe was installed by a contractor, but he has never done entertainment or theatrical (church member, but licensed and insured). The aircraft cable is attached similar to this http://www.iweiss.com/rigging/suspension/ but the eye bolts directly to the pipe clamp (no turnbuckle). The 3rd...

Hey guys,So after months of planning, we finally pulled the trigger on phase 1 of the remodel. We replaced all of the house fluorescents with drop-in LED fixtures. We also added the pipe for front lighting. Here's what we ended up with:4 x S4JR 36 degree @ 575W 6 x Chauvet slimpar tri 12...

I never thought to use Fresnel fixtures. I may look into this some more.

Interesting thoughts. I'm not worried about gobos, and I like the price point of the Jr.We will have someone come in and drop some pipe below the grid ceiling, probably following the same angle. Exact positions are still undecided.We are prepared to run multiple 20 amp circuits. The...

Thanks for the response Steve. I am leaning heavily towards an install grade dimmer at this time (http://www.fullcompass.com/product/398148.html). There will be a licensed electrician on this install, I am just doing the legwork to select the equipment. I am an electrical engineer by trade...

Thanks for all of the responses. Here is my current plan that I will propose for phase 1.Front light: Podium zone - 2 x Source 4 Jr. 4 Stage zones - 1 x Source 4 Jr. each.Front of Stage Highlight: 2 x Par 38 (Gives some extra light on floor in front of stage for...

Bill, sorry for the stupid question, but what is a profile? Just an ellipsoidal? From an angle stand point, I was hoping to get the front lights at around 45degrees. I don't want to blind anyone on stage.JD, the first picture is actually how things are now. #2 Is the proposed plan for a...

Thanks for the advice. No video, and no audience wrap around. I may have enough budget for this if I stick with something like the 575W source4 Jrs or similar. I'm interested in your backlight comment. I'm not really sure I understand how that would look. There is a wall directly behind the...

Hi All,I am currently designing a basic lighting system to front light our church stage area. The stage is 34' wide, by 12' deep at the center (diagram attached). Lighting hangs would be about 20' throw distance. I would like to highlight the podium zone with 2 point lighting (ellipsoidal)...

Thanks Jon, the more I think about it, I will likely go with that install grade NSI box. Overall it will accomplish what I need and give some room for expansion down the road. Not a bad deal at $800 for 4800W.

Ok. So according to 520.50: 520.50 Road Show Connection Panel (A Type of Patch Panel). A panel designed to allow for road show connection of portable stage switchboards to fixed lighting outlets by means of permanently installed supplementary circuits. The panel, supplementary circuits, and...

Thanks for the thoughts. Just to clarify my idea... The fixtures would be wired permanently through conduit to a junction box. The junction box would then have some sort of properly rated inlet installed (Think something like the IEC inlets on most gear). I would then use a lead with edison...

This is mostly correct. They will be permanent fixtures that will either be not powered, or connected to a portable dimmer. My issue with permanent dimmers is that they are a bit overkill for this application. I need less than 3000W total capacity. If there are permanent dimmers out there...