Recent content by Daniel Cokewell

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    Jem Glaicator X-Stream

    Has anyone here had to clean the lines for this bad boy? is the procedure the same for most hazers... run distilled water through the line for a half hour.? any thoughts or if I do this am I going to make more trouble for myself?
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    Alrighty! All issues on this fixture have been resolved. The original issue being the Feedback Error, was of course a bad PCB. so a spare fixed that thankfully. And the worst of the issues, not being able to lamp on fixture fully- taken care of. I was ready to chuck the thing off of the...
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    OKAY. Like grinding away fingernails down to the flesh, I'm running out of ideas... and parts. I've exchanged every single part in the lamp circuit for a brand-spanking-new one and still No difference in the results. I didn't want to return until I had conquered the beast and could come back to...
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    Quick note- I'm using magnetic ballast on all of my fixtures in the rig. Now onto the good stuff. After metering, I found that I do have continuity from both lamp base terminals right on down to the the mains filter. The ballast however gives me continuity only up to the Ignitor.. Should I be...
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    Can't say that I've ever flown before, not like that at least and I'm not quite ready to experience a massive electric shock/ affibrilation of the heart- so I'll keep your words of caution close to my still-beating heart. Thanks loads JD. I'll pull out the meter again and give it the good old...
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    Definitely have been working on the feedback error as it was the original issue, then the lamp became my area of focus.. returning to the feedback in a little while- All excellent ideas. I've started with the lamp- multiple lamps even. they're all MSR 575/2 andfunction just fine inother fixtures...
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    MAC 500 Partial Strike

    Hey everyone,I have a MAC 500 that, on top of a FBER which is most likely board related, only strikes the lamp partially (I know the FBER has nothing to do with this as it was working fine before with the FBER) By this I mean that I'll send the Lamp on command locally from the fixture, the...
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