So we were entered in a drama festival(the connecticut drama association festival) and they gave us VERY limited lighting so we asked, and got permission to use a lighting board backstage as long as we were able to set it all up in 5min..and not violate fire code.
So thursday we had our tech for a sat. show...and they tell us we cannot use a computer lighting board...or "computerized dimmers" ala DMX/AMX/MPX or any other kind of dimmers.
So the scramble was on, i made a late night trip to Home Depot bought wood, a little computer fan, alot of wires(Green, Black, and White spools) terminal stripcs, crimps, Dimmers(wall switch dimmers..like the sliding ones you find in houses) and edison connections.
So the next morning...545am call at school. We built a box to hold the "board" and the electrical components. We attachec the dimming switches and the edison plugs. We wire the switches to the plugs...then run the power to the relays.
We ran an edison plug in as power and connected it to the main relay...which also split to power the computer fan to keep it cool.
I'll try to get some pictures of it soon. It was the best 10 hours of my life...we had so much fun making it...
Its def. something i would recomend to any1 in the lighting/electrician end of theatre...its good to work on something like this.
So thursday we had our tech for a sat. show...and they tell us we cannot use a computer lighting board...or "computerized dimmers" ala DMX/AMX/MPX or any other kind of dimmers.
So the scramble was on, i made a late night trip to Home Depot bought wood, a little computer fan, alot of wires(Green, Black, and White spools) terminal stripcs, crimps, Dimmers(wall switch dimmers..like the sliding ones you find in houses) and edison connections.
So the next morning...545am call at school. We built a box to hold the "board" and the electrical components. We attachec the dimming switches and the edison plugs. We wire the switches to the plugs...then run the power to the relays.
We ran an edison plug in as power and connected it to the main relay...which also split to power the computer fan to keep it cool.
I'll try to get some pictures of it soon. It was the best 10 hours of my life...we had so much fun making it...
Its def. something i would recomend to any1 in the lighting/electrician end of theatre...its good to work on something like this.