Recent content by Glossy Shines

Sent you an email. :)

We do have a plethora of "power" issues here.For a backstory... I came to this station last year. I noticed most of the studio lights had blown bulbs, not focused, just basically all out of wack. The bulbs taken out of the lights looked similar to the bulbs i posted here, melted and blacken...

We got up into the grid today between newscasts. We tested some of our "problem" fixtures first. We looked at some Mole Baby Redheads we use for back lights (they are bulbed down to 500W) and some Source 4's (575W & 750W) we use for architectural lights & back lights. every fixture came in...

It's going to happen next week. The ENG team got the testing material ready. I will report all of our findings! I am super pumped!!!

You and me both :). I am hoping to get some studio time with my ENG dept this upcoming week. I am eager to find out what the deal is and how to make it right. i can't thank everyone enough that has dropped knowledge bombs on me.

Walking into the studio today... i noticed a bulb blown that i changed last Friday. it had 60 hours of life on it before it died. In a Source 4 HPL 750. I am getting lots of ladder practice in :)

I am lucky if i am getting half of that.

Albany GA

Also, behind the TYPE SP there is a TYPE SD unit.

Yes they are 115V

Thanks for all the input. I will get with my station's ENG team this week and start checking things. I will post our findings. I have uploaded pics of some of the blown bulbs. Most are HPL 575 & 750's out of Source 4's. There are some EGN 500w in the mix too. If you look at the HPL bulbs, many...

Thanks for having me. I have been working in the local TV broadcast business for almost 20 years at stations in Western NY and North Carolina, before moving to Georgia.I work at a TV station that still has a Kliegl Bros Type SP patch panel in use. It is connected to a "newer" SmartFade ETC...