Recent content by Mike808

Max, I haven't performed the ballast repair myself beyond removing the bad and reinstalling a repaired unit. I leave the repairs up to the ballast manufacture who does it through Varilite for $250. Those ballasts are sealed and I wouldn't recommend trying to work on them yourself without some...

One of the tasks that I tackle every now and again is going through our 500 and some odd Source Four PARs and Ellipsoidals and replacing worn out insulation. I'm not sure what the reason originally was that we started using the 3/8" but we have kept using it because it works. That extra 1/16...

So I am looking for some quality LED fixtures at a good price. We currently have a lot of ColorKinetics Blasts and Blazes which are great but spendy. We also have found some Chinese-made Blast type fixtures with built in power supplies and daisy chain data for A LOT cheaper. I have seen a...

So the company that I work for has 26 VL2500 spots. Twenty-four were manufactured late in 2006 and 2 in early 2008. So far I have replaced/repaired 15 ballasts, some within the first 4 months of their life. That was all well and good for the first year while they were under warranty but now...

The issues you are having are eerily familiar to me. I am a Vari*Lite certified tech and I have seen this a few times. Unfortunately, in my experience, there is no quick fix. I read through every post in this thread in hopes of having my belief proven wrong. The rental house that I work...

I was seeking validation today... so I registered. I probably would have made it another day with out joining but no one hugged me today.

hey everybody.... just wanted to say hello. I've been reading for a while and finally decided to join in. I'm an LD/moving light tech for a company here in Hawaii and have been doing this for a while now. Who are you? What should I know?