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I know i should not do this but I am desperatly trying to sell all my spares at the moment to cover costs and no-one seems to be interested in my 6 new bulbs for mac 500's and alike. They are Philips Broadway Lamps - MSR 575/2 GX9.5 198990. Please please could people have a look and any...

i dunno bout any1 else but i wud like to hear to the clearcom story!

if i didn't live in the UK i would be at your door right now

when you leave the par bulb un-gelled it is already slightly amber as the filament burns at a temp that gives of a amber glow, hence corrective filters to get white light. i have found that gelling light to med ambers has no effect

u're lucky enough if you get an MBOX to work by itself. horrid machines but gr8 when they work, depsite being mac based :D

my understanding is that it is ROM being used for preserving data when powered down

not the answer i was hoping for but i have spent the past two hours pouring over swatch books and putting them over lanterns and mixing them and I can't tihnk of anything else but the brillant idea of gold paint! :D

For our Winter production "Caucasian Chalk Circle" our director wants the entire set to appear golden through the lights. I cannot think of a way to achieve this except through a really complex and resource extensive use of yellows, oranges etc... Any ideas of gel numbers (pref by Lee) would...

ram has NO ability to store any information when power is lost. it mearly provides the processor with the information to be digested. rom is the only memory device(apart from a hard disk) that can store memory when power is lost. This however would not store data and would only be used for...

to put it in lame mans term: you have a electro-magnet close to a disconnector wire (i think) and the current flows through the electro magnetic and should anything get too big the magnets power gets bigger and pulls the rocker towards it cutting its supply. its like a door bell apart from...

a good wire brush or isopropyl seems to fix almost anything

i always start from everything at middle and work from there

we get away without using any mics for plays - if the actor can't project then he shouldn't be acting and should learn to SOON.

i would buy the one that runs in reverse for pure comical value as the director tries to get it to work forwards :D

yes Each 500W unit uses 2.17A (based on 230V, UK average +-10%) (500W/230V=2.17A) So you should be able to run 5 with a bit to spare and you may be lucky enough to get a sixth :!: I would recommend against this as the fuse may keep tripping if you flash the lights. If you bring up...