Changing the house lights

[Les]

We had a scene shop where a high-bay metal halide was placed directly over an open stairway. We tried the spring grip kind (with four people holding a large blanket open underneath), but we couldn't even get the lamp loose. Those mogul-based metal halides sure get tight, probably after being in there for 5-10 years with who knows how many heat/cool cycles. I think we ended up renting a boom lift.

 

[techieman33]

I'm not a fan, you can only drop so many lamps before the clean up gets old, and new broken lamps start to out weigh the cost of the couple of minute of labor.