or can I just plug into the wall and hope the timing works out?
I have 2 things about this: If your trusting that you can time some sort of music set and get a flash pot right, then your in dreamland. Murphy lets us know that the likelihood of this working right is very low. Second, Are you sure your not talking about a strobe light? Sorry for the dumb question, but I dont see how any pyrotechnic device would A) be sold to someone without a federal explosives license and B) have a timing device that lacks a deadman switch and a positive Go command. Anyhow, if you have pyro in your show, you need to hire a pyrotechnician. For one, it will look better, for two, be legal, and three, not blow up wherever you are performing. Where did you get said flashpot?
To answer 2 for ya, it'd be very easy if someone in the past decided to make a DIY flash pot. That's what we've got, someone about 9 years ago decided to make his own that has no dead man's switch and, obviously, didn't require any type of license for us to purchase. But that's why since I've been here we have not used them, I've put them away in a dark room where no one else even knows they exist.
THanks for replys. starlight.com is where it was purchased, and unfortunatly at the time of purchase they give you less information than you need, and never inform you about needing a 2 step system, so I can take the bullet on not doing it my due diligence. No need to be harsh to me, thats why i am here, asking all of you for help, and finding it, so thanks again.
Luckily i tested only once on an empty stage, with fire extings nearby, and thats when I relized it wasn't going to work. It is dissapointing that companies that sell "theater supplies" would even try and have these available, i feel sorta like a fool now.
Thanks all for your help once again.
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