Same queries as MRW Lights:
@DRocker Idle curiosity: What dimmer(s) do you have; make and model?So here is a little more info. I am the "technical director" for our drama dept. Really, I am the woodshop teacher who oversees the sound and lights for our shows. I have learned everything I know (And I don't claim to know much) by watching videos and I have a friend in the business who is an "expert" who helps me out when I get stuck on something. We have a school theater that needs more lights. I bought a dimmer that has 20 stage pin connections because that is what all the other lights use. It is the same dimmer that we currently have so I thought it was a good choice even though it is old. The dimmer is mounted about 8 feet off the floor near the company switch so it can get power. ( I put it there and I can move if as well) The added lights will all be up on the grid. I got hundreds of feet of stage pin cable at an auction for $40.00 with the connectors. So I thought I could just run that cable up the wall and then to the lights. But it sounds like that may be a problem. I do not want to do anything that is illegal or unsafe in any way. In my mind it's like running an extension cord. The wall is cinder block and I can drill into and mount brackets or whatever.
There's a nice unistrut solution starting around 11 minutes into this video.
Thanks. Glad to hear I am not too far off base on this plan.@DRocker Idle curiosity: What dimmer(s) do you have; make and model?
In the Equity / IA regional theatre I was with, on a per production basis (10 rehearsal days on stage + 3 eight performance weeks) we'd have done exactly what you're proposing: I'd have choked a GAC-Flex sling around 2 or 3 feet below the vertical lift, then used an old-fangled 3 to 2 block to haul the cable bundle up to height.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
Ahhh; so your dimmers are a top secret proprietary design?Thanks. Glad to hear I am not too far off base on this plan.
No, I just left that part out. The dimmers are Strand CD80? That's what it says on the front. This is a similar model https://www.ebay.com/itm/Strand-Lig...886631?hash=item343275e567:g:KQ4AAOSwnvZffl8JAhhh; so your dimmers are a top secret proprietary design?
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
@DRocker, your profile says you are from Brentwood....as in LA? If so, message me, I may have contacts that may be available.So here is a little more info. I am the "technical director" for our drama dept. Really, I am the woodshop teacher who oversees the sound and lights for our shows. I have learned everything I know (And I don't claim to know much) by watching videos and I have a friend in the business who is an "expert" who helps me out when I get stuck on something. We have a school theater that needs more lights. I bought a dimmer that has 20 stage pin connections because that is what all the other lights use. It is the same dimmer that we currently have so I thought it was a good choice even though it is old. The dimmer is mounted about 8 feet off the floor near the company switch so it can get power. ( I put it there and I can move if as well) The added lights will all be up on the grid. I got hundreds of feet of stage pin cable at an auction for $40.00 with the connectors. So I thought I could just run that cable up the wall and then to the lights. But it sounds like that may be a problem. I do not want to do anything that is illegal or unsafe in any way. In my mind it's like running an extension cord. The wall is cinder block and I can drill into and mount brackets or whatever.
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