Recent content by noderaser

It should be noted that one of the main reasons that hiring a company like Foy costs so much, is that they are covered by insurance that protects their company, their clients and the person(s) being flown in case something does go wrong. This is granted upon the basis that the company is a...

General clarification note/peeve: 120 VAC is the standard phase-neutral voltage of both three-phase and single-phase systems for most of North America. 208 VAC is the phase-phase voltage of a standard three-phase wye system, common for commercial and many industrial applications in the United...

As much as I would have liked to have gone through the new auditorium that was built at my high school after I graduated, I think I probably learned more in the old one than I would have with a brand new facility. I'm not saying that we shouldn't equip our schools with new, state-of-the-art...

Sadly, this sort of poor operation seems to be the norm rather than the exception. There are all kinds of nasty-looking situations at schools around the area, primarily caused by people who don't have the knowledge or simply don't care. Be careful of pushing anyone too hard; a knee-jerk reaction...

Re: stage back wall colorSome of the major venues in town have royal blue, orient red, pink and brown. I myself prefer good old black, or at very least dark gray.

Even though dimmer racks are connected into 3-phase systems, their loads are only single phase (phase-neutral), so there is no return path through any other phase. While a load that is completely balanced across all three phases should yield a net neutral current of zero, you are never going to...

Unless you had a design or management position, I would recommend condensing your experience with a school or company into a single entry, like you would with a "regular" job. List what kind of position you had, where, how long, responsibilities, etc. If you wanted to go in detail, you could...

I'm not a fan of running DMX on 3-pin XLR for the exact reason you encountered, but it brings up another consideration--what kind of cable are you using to connect your DMX run, data or mic cable? Data cable has a different impedance and other characteristics that make it more suitable for...

Re: Multiple gelsPlacing either heat shield or diffusion in a light is only going to improve the life of your color gel if it's in a separate frame with an air space between it and the next gel. This is needed to dump the heat generated by the wavelengths of light that are not able to pass...