Scenemaster60
Well-Known Member
I was a visiting a friend of mine over the weekend who collects vintage Mid-Century Modern EVERYTHING. He has dozens of television sets, early microwave ovens, vintage radios and even several vintage tele-type machines!
Among his collection, he ws proud to show one of his acquisitions which is a vintage followspot. It turned out to be a Century #1542. It is a radial followspot that uses a 3000 watt T32 mogul bi-post lamp. The Photometrics handbook lists it having an 8.5 degree beam spread and a 12 degree field.
The wiring on it looked perfectly safe and I was game to fire it up, but time was limited and he didn't have a 30 amp 120 volt stage-pin outlet handy! Next time I visit him I'll bring along a 30 amp female stage pin to 50 amp welder plug adapter (wired correctly, of course to get 120 volts only) and we'll give it a test!
Among his collection, he ws proud to show one of his acquisitions which is a vintage followspot. It turned out to be a Century #1542. It is a radial followspot that uses a 3000 watt T32 mogul bi-post lamp. The Photometrics handbook lists it having an 8.5 degree beam spread and a 12 degree field.
The wiring on it looked perfectly safe and I was game to fire it up, but time was limited and he didn't have a 30 amp 120 volt stage-pin outlet handy! Next time I visit him I'll bring along a 30 amp female stage pin to 50 amp welder plug adapter (wired correctly, of course to get 120 volts only) and we'll give it a test!