Both Pinspots and ACLs are dimmable, right?
These are the Par Cans we have. http://www.activemusician.com/item-...n=MBT+PAR+38S+Par+Can+-+Black+w/Steel+Fixture
Certainly not professional quality or anything but that's what it is.
ACLs in groups of 4 are certainly dimmable. soundman, I've never heard of a 120V ACL. The 6V and 12V pinspots may or may not be dimmable, depending on the quality of the transformer inside. Go ahead and try to dim one: The worst that could happen is the internal transformer smokes and toasts the SCRs in your dimmers, rendering both useless.Both Pinspots and ACLs are dimmable, right?
Hey all,
At the end of one of the songs in our show we want to have a full-on blackout and have beams of light shining. The scene takes place in a sewer so the idea will be that light is creeping in from the world above. This is the kind of thing I'm looking to do: http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/TSO lights.gif - those really narrow beams of light are exactly what I want.
Currently the top candidate is this Chauvet Pinspot. The way the light is described, it seems to do exactly what I need - it provides a focused, narrow beam of light - the problem is it's only a $20 light, and by looks alone it appears that there will be a great deal of wash.
So I guess my question is.. are pinspots like this really that effective? I need a good amount of distance... we're clamping them to a bar so something like 18 feet away... are they capable without too much wash? Also, does this look like something that would work or are there any other (non-DMX) lights that could provide a similar function?
Thanks again everyone
Sorry but that picture doesn't say "below a sewer grate" to me. But if that's the effect you want, the pinspots should be able to make it happen, but you'll need to put them on different battens and focus them intentionally random to get the same effects as the 3000W Syncrolites (or Showguns) in the photo. A four bar of ACLs will not work, even if focused random. I would use at least seven pinspots on 3 different battens, maybe even plugged into the wall as constant power during the previous scene if they are not noticeable when the stage lights are one, then blackout everything except the pinspots, should be a dramatic effect....At the end of one of the songs in our show we want to have a full-on blackout and have beams of light shining. The scene takes place in a sewer so the idea will be that light is creeping in from the world above. This is the kind of thing I'm looking to do: http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/dvd/TSO%20lights.gif - those really narrow beams of light are exactly what I want...
Or point the unused lamps to the grid or offstage (anywhere out of view of the audience). I've even seen a rather large 28V, 250W resistor called an "ACL-eliminator."That is correct. In theatrical use typical is to wire 4 in series. If you had less than 4 you would be way over voltage and they would just die. If you wanted fewer than 4 you would need to wire them to a transformer.
Alex, I know you know better than that. You attach a fork crimp terminal to the wires, then the fork goes onto the screw terminals of the lamp....By screw terminals I mean that on the back of the lamp are two terminals that you screw the wires down to...
Sorry but that picture doesn't say "below a sewer grate" to me.
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