At my church, I have an old spotlight and a half dozen par 38's that I'm wondering if anyone could identify/give an approximate age to.
Spot:
The back of the spot says "Capitol / New York City." It uses a giant bulb that I'm pretty sure has never been changed (it gets used maybe once or twice every couple years). It's fairly dim, and is barely able to show up on a stage covered with Par56 front light. I'm praying that the bulb never goes out, because I'm not sure how easy/expensive it would be to replace.
Par 38 Cans:
These have a typical medium screw base; I found them with bulbs ranging from a 60w A19 household bulb to a 300w BR40 lamp. They originally had a black and red wire attached to a 2P (no ground pin) plug. I wasn't sure if it was asbestos, so I replaced them all with slightly less sketchy zip cord.
If anyone knows the make/model/age of any of these, I'd love to know. Thanks.
Edit: I'm guessing from the various stickers around the theatre that everything was installed by the Hub Electric Company. I'm not sure if that helps at all with the par cans.
Spot:
The back of the spot says "Capitol / New York City." It uses a giant bulb that I'm pretty sure has never been changed (it gets used maybe once or twice every couple years). It's fairly dim, and is barely able to show up on a stage covered with Par56 front light. I'm praying that the bulb never goes out, because I'm not sure how easy/expensive it would be to replace.
Par 38 Cans:
These have a typical medium screw base; I found them with bulbs ranging from a 60w A19 household bulb to a 300w BR40 lamp. They originally had a black and red wire attached to a 2P (no ground pin) plug. I wasn't sure if it was asbestos, so I replaced them all with slightly less sketchy zip cord.
If anyone knows the make/model/age of any of these, I'd love to know. Thanks.
Edit: I'm guessing from the various stickers around the theatre that everything was installed by the Hub Electric Company. I'm not sure if that helps at all with the par cans.
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