FMEng's latest activity
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FETC posts compatibility of their LED tests here:https://www.etcconnect.com/compatibility/Though, as I've tested options it's...
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FWhat has happened this side of the pond is that, yes, the industry got concessions, but lamps are already becoming scarcer and more...
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FThis has been a *very* common occurrence on the back side of the popularity curve for lots of technologies.You only need 35mm film...
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FDefinitions pulled from the Proposed Rules. linked in National Law Review Article. I'm not smart enough to pull from that a hard...
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FFMEng replied to the thread RIP incandescent bulbs.The stats seem to show that energy efficiency standards work. Electricity use in the US has plateaued for roughly the last decade...
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FFMEng replied to the thread Will the HPL disappear?.Appliance bulbs are classified as specialty, not general purpose, so they are theoretically not affected. However, I imagine they share...
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FFMEng replied to the thread Will the HPL disappear?.I posted a link to some details, in the news section. The only detail I can find suggests this will not apply to specialty bulbs, like...
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FYesterday, the Department of Energy sped up the demise of general purpose incandescent lamps. (GPIL/GPL in government speak.) They'll be...
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FFMEng replied to the thread Inexpensive Mic recomendations?.A failure in that location is either a design weakness, or the result of using the ear-set without clipping the cable to the actor's collar.
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FFMEng replied to the thread Control/Dimming Vintage Strand Dimmers and Identification.I doubt anything like that has been made since the 1960s, so that equipment has been scrapped. When I was in college, the auditorium...
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FFMEng replied to the thread Inexpensive Mic recomendations?.Are the cables getting wrapped around the beltpack when the actors take them off? That kills cables very quickly.
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FFMEng replied to the thread Help some mics cutting out show opens Thursday.A good description of the dropout will help us determine if it's an audio dropout, caused by something like a failing mic cable, or an...
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FFMEng replied to the thread Help some mics cutting out show opens Thursday.What frequencies are the mics running on, and what is your zip code?
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FFMEng replied to the thread Is hanging XLR coils worse than putting them on a shelf?.If you wrapped and hung your cables perfectly, exactly the same every time, so that the hook or peg stressed the cable in exactly the...
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FThank you for the followup.You'd be amazed how many people don't understand that the price for free advice is telling everyone how it...
