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    What a novel concept

    Okay it might seem like I kvetch a lot but my school is one of those schools. We have a bit of a problem with the lamps in our auditorium burning out because they are on for such a long amount of time. Every time one burns out the studyhall monitors complain to me that the auditorium is too...
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    Suggestions?

    Okay, so I am with a group doing a production of Aida, and we've got basic lighting, but we are searching for good intel lighting. Only catch is, the price cant be too high, any suggestions?
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    Never enough dmx

    Okay so a while ago I was futzing with the Inteligent Power System in the booth trying to figure out why it wasnt working when I realised someone had removed the DMX that should have been running to it. The genious that I am I figured that I could fix it if I could scrounge together some dmx...
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    Corn chips in the booth.

    At SBHS we kinda cant help ourselves we ignore the whole thing about no food in the booth although we know better. We actually have a coffee maker at this point up there along with our fridge and whatever else manages to make its way up there. :mrgreen:
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    exploding fresnels

    Personally I find the best way to avoid exploding lamps is to wear either nitrile or latex gloves (nitrile is your best bet because it lacks the natural proteins that latex has that cause allergic reactions), and if your really freakish like me you scrub your hands real good before you glove and...
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    favorite/hard to find tools?

    In the SBHS theater things are quite rough, we dont have favourite tools because we can never find the proper tool to get the job done (nobody ever puts things back), so we improvise with whatever we can find. But when hell freezes and I can find the right thing I definatly go with a good...
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    patching

    Congrats on managing to fix your patching, it can be a pain in the butt to do but in the end it all works out.
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    Hello from Ashburn

    Hey everyone, I have done other posts but I have neglected to stop by here and say hello from Running Dog Productions in Ashburn Va!
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    Emergency lighting

    I am working to upgrade the safety systems in our theater and our emergency lighting needs some upgrading. Any recommendations on emergency backups?
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