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    Do aluminum c-clamps require safety cables?

    A few months ago, an installer told me that The Light Source Mega Clamps had some kind of rating and hence didn't require a safety cable. Now of course, personally I safety cable every piece of equipment I hang. However I wanted to know if this advice was a bunch of malarkey or if there was...
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    Dimmer pack flicker

    Disabling RDM on the gateway seems to have fixed it. Thanks!
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    Dimmer pack flicker

    I have three brand new Chauvet DJ DMX-4 dimmer packs. All the channels on all the packs are periodically flickering about every second, all at the same time. I can tell by the indicator LEDs but I plugged in some fixtures (just regular incandescent household light bulbs) to be sure.To preface...
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    Hoisting heavy objects to and from a low grid

    I have a pair of Electrovice ETX-10P speakers which individually are about 50lbs. I put ETX-TCA-S truss brackets on both of them. We have about a 9ft-ish high grid in the space that I mounted the speakers to.When I put the speakers up, my team just passed me the speaker while I was up on a...
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    Is hanging XLR coils worse than putting them on a shelf?

    I work with an older very experienced audio technician who swears that storing our cables on shelves is better than pegs because its easier on the cable. I can see a possible argument made that it will slightly deform the cable if left hanging for a long period of time but we wrap our cables...
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    Where to find USITT Standard Documentation

    Thanks!Haha I did see they were "recommendations". I remember the 2020 proposal also being called "Sound Documentation Recommendations." Still useful when trying to get a standard format across an organization.
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    Where to find USITT Standard Documentation

    Last year USITT had a proposal that was publicly available for new sound documentation graphics standards. I believe these were available to allow the public to provide feedback and comments. Since then they have disappeared. This particular proposal may still be getting revised, however I have...
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