Recent content by theatre4jc

The retrofit has been tested for the past 6 months (2 of which I was unaware of) and aside from the drop in footcandles has been very successful. The light actually looks a lot better than what was originally installed, but it just needs more intensity. Unfortunately purchasing new fixtures is...

I've been told our house lighting must be changed to all LEDs by the end of the summer. Currently we have 500W candela base cans. The base is going to be retrofitted to a Medium Screw Base. Our "energy expert" has come up with a LED PAR38 120W Replacement 1250 lumen 40° lamp that is dimmable...

Yes a new lamp has the same result. I just had my second one go out. Takes about 4 months for it to happen.

The title pretty much sums up what is going on. I've got a fixture that keeps scorching the ends of the lamp almost like it is arcing. However there is no other evidence of an arc so I have to assume it is caused by something else. What could cause this? Ballast, igniter, wiring? I use to be a...

I just downloaded the latest Vectorworks release for Service Pack 4 and it did not have any Chauvet symbols added in. Just wanted to check to see if they made this release, or see if I'm somehow missing something. I'm still fairly new to VW. If they will not be available through VW for a...

I have 2 Robe ColorMix 575AT that keep blowing fuses and having random issues. Out of the 50 automated fixtures I have, these 2 are the only ones that are consistently breaking. I'm tired of it and want to look into replacing them. Throw distance is roughly 15' but depending on how the...

Sorry for the late reply. Have been swamped with shows lately. I did finally figure it out. The color bulkhead sensor was failing due to heat issues. It's actually a known problem to VL. The bandaid is to install a heat shield. It won't stop them from failing but will extend the life of the PCB...

What are some possible causes of a Chauvet portable "shoebox" dimmer pack staying live, even when the power switch is switched off? Circuits 1 and 2 have become constant on, which I first thought was a blown triac. It worked great yesterday and today, poof, constant on. Well it was time to leave...

Yeah I am wanting to turn my office into a pre-vis suite. Going to mount a screen on the wall for viewing and was planning on starting with the PC version of the console and then adding in a physical desk when needed or as my needs grow.My goal for having all four consoles tying to the same...

I am running 3 Universes in my large room (2 full and 1 about half full), in my mid sized room I'm running 1 full and about 60 channels on the second, and in both of my small rooms I'm running less than 1 universe of channels however I have it spread across two different universes. I am pretty...

Question for you guys. We have 3 Jands Vista consoles in 3 of our 4 rooms and hope to have the last space using the same console before the end of the summer. Next budget year I am pushing for a Visualizer and am researching which would best suite out needs. We are a large church with a 7,500...

Thinking of purchasing an Antari HZ-300 for a 2,500 seat House of Worship. Band based services with an average FOH db level of around 90db during music, with obvious peaks above that. We have about 15 mins per service where speaking happens on stage while the hazer would be on, plus random...

Thanks guys, some nice advice. I had not heard that about the Sharpy's being a fire hazard. Our cloud is 60' high so we should be good there but I may stray away from them just because it's pretty intense for a church effect, when I could do and LED and have safer eye candy, that can also...

Thanks for all that! I guess I should also state that this will be in a 7,500 seat venue with a 40' height to the bottom of the cats over the stage. that already has 6 VL3500s in the room. It just doesn't have the amount of eye candy and show that we will be going for with this service. I...

At my church we may be starting a new service that will require more of a concert feel than what our room can currently handle with the gear in it...so that means maybe new toys! But at this stage I've been asked to get pricing and make some preliminary designs for the room, but I don't want to...