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High school: We went through a few generations of gear inside both of our venues. The lamps that stuck around were of course old (and newer) 360Q 6x9, 6x12, 6x16s. More of the 6x9s though. Tons of Strand Lekolites, Century Patt. 263, Fresnelites, EC Fresnels, old Altman border lights, and Altman...

I know at least three qualified electricians. I will consult with them first. Just wished to know how this was done in stage. It is a little unconventional.Cheers,

Should the box have any sort of wire clamp/connector on the side? 12/3 SO cable is quite thick and heavy. I would put some sort of clamp on the side?And would a typical "cap" type plug be okay? (like this http://www.homedepot.ca/product/3-wire-cap-plug-ebony/903844

What about wiring? Common onto one of the prongs and then hot onto the other? The ground then goes to the third prong of the plug?Or can it be grounded directly to the metal box and just use two prong plug?

So lamp mounted into front of set. Electrical box mounted to rear of set. Join to two together. Lamp is wired inside box with wire caps (like normal) to 12/3 SO wire which is then fed out through the proper sized pass-through on the electrical box and then cut to desired length and then wire to...

I am doing a show in which I require two wall-mount wall lamps (household type) to be mounted onto the set and connected safely. The fixtures will be using 30-40w bulbs.I am dedicating a little 15A 4ch tree dimmer w/edison to power these wall-mount decorative fixtures.I know how to install a...

Hi,Has anyone seen Chamsys MagicQ consoles (MQ100 Pro in particular) being available for hire in Vancouver or Burnaby, BC. I have tried many places and its usually just MA, Hog, ETC, Martin, the usual good stuff in BC.Does anyone know of a place in Vancouver that has them for hire, maybe...

So true! Although I did see Arcade Fire here in vancouver... Their LD (Susanne Sasic) did a really good job. 24 VLX wash fixtures and a crapload of blinders and atomic strobes. Controlled off Series 1 grandMA Consoles. The setup was quite good on the audience. They were putting more of an...

School! Like most people :P I have been to two secondary schools in Vancouver, BC, both having really nice lighting configuration. Taking drama in grade 8 and being offered to perform, I refused the offer because of stage fright and ended up running lights instead. I was not part of their...

Now a days a large lighting rig for a major venue will usually consist of moving fixtures, LEDs, atmospherics, super advanced digital consoles, and sometimes conventionals. I was watching some Depeche Mode concert footage from the 101 world tour from 1988. I randomly started thinking, what...

I wish to send a MIDI signal to an ArKaos patch from a Strand MX 24.I reviewed the MX Manual and it does have midi out capability.I would want to do something similar to this.Press bump one on the MX... sequence one on ArKaos comes up... press the bump again... the sequence disengages...

The problem is that our local contractor will not even touch this Dilor dimmer since they don't know enough about it. Can you recommend any resources on where to find the documentation for this dimmer?. We have no documentation at all. We only have documentation for the CD80, Console, and some...

Like Strand Genius :-)Thanks Footer,That confirmed my suspicions.We were planning on getting an Element, but we were a few dollars short. We ended up splurging it all on S4 lekos, and new cyc fixtures.Thanks again...

I have been dreaming for the day that ETC would release a version of SmartSoft that allowed simple command line functions (channel @ level, record cues, times, etc.). Peeking into version 3.0 anxiously like a christmas present and noticing that there is still no command line input bar, I have...

My schools main performance space is running two 12 ch dimming packs and one six channel pack.Strand CD80 12ch @ 2.4k AMX to DMX converted - 230V 100A Dilor M1224 0-10v 12ch @ 2.4k - 230V 100A Electro-Controls 0-10v 6ch @ 2.4k (has no fan) 220V - 50AThe Dilor 0-10v pack has been retrofitted...