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    New Clearcom Wireless- Freeespeak II or Edge?

    Assuming you can access the base station, you can also pop a headset into it and pull the outputs one by one to find the noisy segment.You might not have eardrums left when you're done though, unless you take your headset off before pulling each line.
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    New Clearcom Wireless- Freeespeak II or Edge?

    Very nice buy!Does your venue have A/B toggle switches on the wallplate for each XLR connection?I recently had to hunt for buzzing as well, and the simplest way to isolate the noise was to toggle every station over to B one by one until It introduced buzzing to B.
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    PbP in theatrical monitor use

    The AOC "gaming" displays seem to. I have one for my desktop at home, though I've wound up using on shows before. Fairly reasonably priced - EOS on an ultra wide is a treat I didn't know I wanted - but PIP / PBP seems to be a standard part of their featureset.
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    Eartec HUB headset issues

    We haven't experienced this on our Hub system so far. But we also only use the hub itself in the base station configuration between our eight ultraLITE headsets and the hardwire partyline com, we don't ever wear the hub itself as a belt pack.When using the partyline interface for the HUB...
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    Casters without adding height? Bench dilemma

    While not the cheapest, air casters would accomplish exactly what you want, without adding any height when retracted. (Also solves the braking problem)
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    Loosening bolts before landing truss on ground

    If the bolts are loose, all the stresses will bear on the small surface area where the bolt and the edge of the hole make contact, instead of being distributed through the entire contact area of the two plates (and the washers).In terms of forces, you're turning it from a well distributed...
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    Automated Fixtures Lixada mini moving head issue

    My surface level pot shot is maybe some kind of feedback error. Is there a hall sensor, or some other doo-dad or switch in the path of the tilt motor?If the motor itself works when you boot it without it plugged in, i would guess that a sensor of some variety has failed closed (shorted)
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    Ron Hebbard

    I've written this repeatedly at this point, half because I accidentally clicked off into my inbox to read one of the several DM conversations Ron and I had, which sounds like something he'd take mischevious glee in, and half because I feel like I at least owe him a post that reflects that little...
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    Lighting Fixture Pulley

    While the above posts have probably solved the mystery in this case, this is getting into the realm of safe rigging theory.So, short answer, no. It absolutely should not be used for this purpose.Which is to say, there are people in this industry who do try things like this, who absolutely...
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    Vintage Lighting Need a little help!

    This manufacturer is known to have used asbestos wiring in their lighting fixtures of this era, you should probably avoid trying to modify them on your own.I mean, *most* from this era used asbestos wiring somewhere, but still.And if it's not asbestos, the insulation can be doped with PCBs...
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    Dimmer rack (Colortran ENR rack) got wet. Repair or look for something different? Suggestions?

    (while unpowered with the disconnect switch in the open / off position) You can pull out several cards at a time and visually verify the card contacts are in good condition, and that the bus lugs aren't corroded. It should go without saying, but probably best for your health to not touch them...
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    Dimmer rack (Colortran ENR rack) got wet. Repair or look for something different? Suggestions?

    The airflow sensors are the primary Achilles heel in ENR racks AFAIK.If you *do* intend on keeping these, I'd give (the control cards especially) a good check for crusty mineral deposits, and maybe try the 7 second airflow check detailed elsewhere on the forum.
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    EDI Scrimmer II dimmer pack repair?

    This works for most liquid electrolyte type caps. (Which are generally the big bulky ones that do the heavy lifting on power supply rails)While I wouldn't go sticking your hands in there, excessive heat coming from a cap is also a decent indicator, a FLIR or even a simple temperature gun would...
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    Control/Dimming Convert standard house dimmer to ETC Paradigm or equivalent?

    Given we're talking about "residential wall dimmer" this sounds and awful lot like the house lights were replaced with LEDs at some point. And some combination of the dimmer and light is not getting along, there's going to be *some* level of leakage through the triac until you use the switch to...
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    Dimmer rack (Colortran ENR rack) got wet. Repair or look for something different? Suggestions?

    I know (at least here in Canada) there are still some options for ENRs, goknight being a prime one for parts. I'm aware there are at least a few integrators who can rebuild an existing dimmer card into a straight power card, which functions irrespective of the state of the dimmer brain. Not sure...
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