Which you shouldn't be doing anyway, unless you have the right tools, knowledge and are willing to accept the risk associated with the use of the device.You would have a very hard time making them yourself for less than that.
Care to expound? The clip is always within 30" of the yoke. Do you find the fixture's connector "never in a convenient place" also?...2. I hate it when people do this cause the clip is never in a convenient place.
1. It is a good way to keep all of your units safetied
2. I hate it when people do this cause the clip is never in a convenient place
Yes the question makes sense; but, no it's not desirable. Too much chance of side-loading the "Carbine Snap 316 Stainless with Eyelet". With a standard theatrical C-clamp, the yoke is 4.25" below the center of the pipe, which should leave one plenty of length to clip back to the loop, even with a wrap around the pipe. If a tail-down or side-arm, use multiple safeties if necessary, but again, try to avoid side-loading the clip....Now, what I want to know is: Must the carabiner always be clipped to the loop on the end of the cable, or is it acceptable to clip the carabiner to the cable itself, so it's in the shape of a nine? Say you have the loop of the cable attached to the yoke. Then, you just wrap the other end around the pipe and clip it to itself. Does that make sense?
One of my biggest pet peeves is teaching lighting hands not to double wrap the safety around the pipe and yoke, as it limits the amount of pan. For non-permanently attached safeties, I prefer a figure-8 type pattern, with the clip into the loop.
Yes the question makes sense; but, no it's not desirable. Too much chance of side-loading the "Carbine Snap 316 Stainless with Eyelet". With a standard theatrical C-clamp, the yoke is 4.25" below the center of the pipe, which should leave one plenty of length to clip back to the loop, even with a wrap around the pipe. If a tail-down or side-arm, use multiple safeties if necessary, but again, try to avoid side-loading the clip.
"Can" indicates ability; "May" indicates permission; "Will" indicates a future event.I don't follow, can you please clarify what you would say the appropriate method is?
Re-safety after focus???
And both styles take longer than a self-closing clip....or they use quick links. Both products are much safer because you don't have the potential of the snap failing due to the side load.
The only time I dislike the practice is when packing rental lights--one more thing to catch on when un-boxing/boxing. Still, if it's there, I find people will be less apt to forget to use it.
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