Recent content by Pyrotech

Or, loose nut behind the keyboard issues...Not sure what the problem was when I was trying to quote. :rolleyes:Just trying to say I'm the same way when talking to folks about pyrotechnics.

Not really. Room temp, the tech area upstairs gets extra warm, but probably never over 80F or so.Yeah, thanks. Used to work for the local power company, so probably way more cautious than most. I'll give those traces a good clean and if that doesn't do it, assume it's a bad component and...

While working on our first show (community theater) back from COVID, I found one of our dimmer packs was not working - address display flickered, but only partial segments. I swapped it with a spare, so the show went fine, but when starting cleanup and organization of the tech spaces post show...

+1 for reasons I won't go into. Worth testing and highly suggest contacting the local fire department, perhaps even have someone come to the venue during testing (I live in a small jurisdiction and they were happy to have something to do) to prevent an unnecessary response should an alarm be...

Thanks, yeah, I'm looking for connectors and/or cables to hopefully repair it, rather than spend the $$$ for a whole new unit.Not the actual problem connector, but the same configuration that I'm dealing with. It's an 8 pin, with only 5 pins installed. Pins 8 (top row, far right) and 3 (center...

As an unintentional follow up to the 'Do you let inexperienced people use your light board' thread, our pastor recently allowed a community group to use our Fellowship Hall.They were informed NOT to use the light board (an ETC Express 48/96) in the tech booth...Later that day, I got a call...

I helped load 16's as part of a barge show once, then left to shoot my own show where the largest shell was 4". :confused:I helped on another show where there were shells up to 12" as part of the show. I talked my way onto the barge when the show was fired. From directly underneath, watching...

Happy 4th! This is from my show this year. Not a malfunction, but what the lift charge from a 5" shell looks like. This is basically my view of a fireworks show.

Isn't the calculation "If some is good, more is better!"?

I got a chuckle out of this as I have mostly seen the opposite.One of my early electric utility large customer design projects was connecting a new elementary school. I met with the contractor on site for a variety of issues, one of which was making sure we had the right compression...

Fairly new to theatrical lighting, but worked for an electric utility for many years, several of which were spent working with customers upgrading to more efficient lighting equipment.First bet (as stated) is to make sure the LED's you have can, in fact, be dimmed. Not only to solve your...

That one was a heater, I just grabbed the first image I found on Google.Surge protector strips - different than generic power strips - are supposed to protect the connected devices from spikes/surges; although if that's what you are after, look for a UL 1449 TVSS (Transient Voltage Surge...

Pre-retirement, I worked for an electric utility. It would be a good idea to verify the wattage of the lights the actors are supposed to be using vs. the rating on the power strips.Otherwise, they may wind up with this...

:) I've commented to folks before that I don't think there is a single AC/DC song that doesn't make me want to crank up the radio (or Pandora or...) when it comes on!