(Assuming the light has been properly struck and assuming we are under-hanging on a batten with proper clearance)
1) Make sure you've taught everyone to strike a unit correctly as this will make hang easier.
2) Hang ERS on batten
3) Finger tighten clamp bolt
4) Attach safety cable
5) Give clamp bolt a quarter to a half turn with either a 6" or 8" Crescent wrench, depending on how good your "finger tight" is.
6) Uncoil whip (you did loop the whip around the outside of the yoke when you struck the unit, right?)
7) Pull out the shutters (the shutters were pushed in when it was struke, right?)
8) Plug unit into designated circuit
9) Rough focus if you know the general direction the unit should be facing in
10) Depending on designer and availability, load accessories including, but not limited to, gel, gobo, top hats, scrollers.
Some of this order is subjective, as it depends on where you learned/strictness of supervisors. Any way you hang, be sure you tighten and safety BEFORE doing anything else. In general, plugging in the unit is the last thing done.
Honestly, in hanging, the most common problems are people forgetting to safety and people forgetting to pull the shutters. If I had a dime for every shutter still in....
Also, in striking, PLEASE, for the love of God, push in the shutters and take the unit out of focus and into a locked downward pointing position before removing the light from the pipe. One guy in my department is a lazy sack of excrement and will NEVER properly strike a light, just un-bolt it and leave it lying in whatever condition it was hanging in.
One of my biggest pet peeves (and I see it ALL the time, but not from the factory) is Source Fours and SLs that aren't assembled correctly: lens tubes installed upside-down and/or knobs in the wrong places.
I am not Derek, but I like mine on the bottom. Probably 1/3 or more of my Src4s are 1997 or earlier, and only allow the lens knob on the bottom. I like them all to be consistent. Knowing where to look for the knob when you are up in the genie, and your head stuffed up between a bunch of lights and curtains, goes a long way to make the day easier.
If you need a place to put " make sure lens tube is no in upside down or conforms to your theater's standards. I'd say that would go at the step off...
Step i )
Pick up light and inspect it for conformity before moving any further away from where the light storage is.
then followed the the list posted earlier.
And I think there are still some steps missing.
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