Recent content by egilson1

There’s a guy in NJ who filed and received a patent for a sheave on a pipe attached to a truss tower with two clamps for lifting lighting fixtures. When this was brought to the attention of the RWG more than a few of use scratched out heads trying to figure out how this was approved. And how...

Most of my lasers are Bosch. I’ve got the 400’ outdoor rated one, but that’s also pricey. I think you can get in with a 100’ and 200’ range.

I’ve never heard this story. Do tell.

Sigh. My wife is a professional flutist. Think I know what to get her for christmas.

FYI there is an automated filter for foul language. So it’s not necessarily that a moderator censored a post specifically but rather the site itself enforcing the rules that were established.

I played with the unit today at USITT.The control is Blue Tooth based. Since it's a brushless motor the control is variable speed from 0-8FPM. A little noisy, but not horrible. The brake design is to permit operation with an external drill in case of battery failure. I asked the question if it...

Every single post on my FB feed is the press release for this.

I’ve used these for years. The detachable ones are cool, as you can swap out the tool on the lanyard quickly. https://www.ergodyne.com/dropped-objects/tool-lanyards

It’s likely that in one of the connectors multiple pins have been bonded together. This is not uncommon as a lot of multi cable was 14 conduction with 6 hots, 6 neutrals, and 2 ground pins bonded together.

Can you go out of the console to the opti, then out of the opti into the APC with its own data run?

BMI is a great company. Those clamps will work perfectly. We used them all the time for par38s and other light weight fixtures.

So, a standard 3 phase hoist will have 7 wires in its fly cable. Ground, hot, hot, hot, up, down, and common. The control voltage is allowed to be up to 120v, which allows manufacturers to avoid needing a transformer to change control voltage.In a direct control hoist there are only 4 wires...

I can write more later, but there are many different types of self retractable devices. Some design for attachment only above the harness attachment, some designed to attach at your feet, and all of them have different stopping distances, as well as maximum arresting force. The challenge is...

Corrected. Thx.

I’ve done a few fall restraint designs recently for a spot positions that used fixed length lanyards, a waist belt, and an Anchorage that prevents the operator from getting near the fall hazard, allowing the area in front of the spot to remain unobstructed.