Highlighted posts from Wednesday, May. 05, 2021

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Refurbishing Century Edkotron​

May 01, 2021 * 14 posts * 229 views​

Lighting and Electrics ​

microstar said: I just acquired a Century Lighting Edkotron #281 Control Unit on eBay. Why, you ask. Well, I worked with one in grad school 50 years ago. It is also a historically significant ... Read more >>

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Boom bases and sandbags​

May 01, 2021 * 4 posts * 119 views​

Lighting and Electrics ​

RonaldBeal said: Anyone have a standard, regulation, or rule of thumb for how much sandbag counterweight is needed for boom bases and/or truss towers. (We can calculate CG, tipping angle and force ... Read more >>

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FILTERING GLYCOL FOG FROM THE AIR​

April 28, 2021 * 4 posts * 169 views​

Special Effects ​

clais said: Has anyone out there played around with filtering fog from the air? The idea would be to localize the impact of the glycol on scenery around it in a permanent install setting. ... Read more >>

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Where are the S4 fire sales?​

May 02, 2021 * 2 posts * 186 views​

Lighting and Electrics ​

Footer said: Anyone have a line on a shop dropping a hundred or more conventional S4's? We're in the market and the usual websites are coming up pretty empty. Read more >>

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Peter Mitchell, owner of Moveable Power, died this weekend.​

April 27, 2021 * 5 posts * 305 views​

News ​

ship said: PETER MITCHELL owner of MOVABLE POWER, educator in giving classes to all and go to person expert on power issues and owner of an important power supply company died of cancer over ... Read more >>

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Clearcom Wired com levels are low on HME extension. Ideas to boost?​

April 28, 2021 * 5 posts * 173 views​

Sound, Music, and Intercom ​

LesWilson said: I have an ancient Clearcom MA-400 with a half dozen wired drops. Amongst themselves, everything is fine. But in adding a rental HME DX200 wireless, the sound coming from the Clearcom ... Read more >>

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Midas M32R Output Levels​

April 30, 2021 * 11 posts * 153 views​

Sound, Music, and Intercom ​

LPdan said: We have a couple M32R consoles, and recently a rental customer complained that output levels were not matching the meters. I was able to test the second console, and based on my ... Read more >>

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VL1100 Troubleshooting​

April 29, 2021 * 3 posts * 135 views​

Lighting and Electrics ​

urban79 said: *Background* My theatre has been closed for renovations since October, and hasn't had a show in since last March. Over that time, to install air conditioning, they took out the ... Read more >>

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Pico projector recommendation​

April 29, 2021 * 7 posts * 324 views​

Multimedia, Projection, and Show Control ​

tladuke said: Actually, a 800 to 1000 lumen PICO projector would work for this. Optoma has the ML series of PICO projectors. They are LED based and they offer 1.2 and .8 wide angle options for ... Read more >>

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Unison Lighting Control system Wiring​

April 26, 2021 * 6 posts * 264 views​

Lighting and Electrics ​

RickR said: Unison stations need 3 wires. If there is not some sort of static discharge path then you can remotely reboot the main processor. I concur that someone substituted 5 pin for 6 ... Read more >>

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