I have just started working in a Theatre in TN, and there supply of lights is...well...limited. Thea theatre is the second largest in the state, but as you can see from this picture
It is not exactly designed for stage productions.
For this theatre which can hold, I believe 3,000 people has a grand total of 88 fixtures. Now before I move on, many of these fixtures don't work, as I fould out today, so there is far less then that in actuality which begins my story.
As I inventoried the lights for the first time in years for that theatre, I found a lot of little 4 inch fresnels with edison cables and asbestos insulation
then I found a couple 6 inch fresnels with edison cables, and some scoopes with edison cables and most of the lights on the theatre have asbestos insulation on the wiring. (I think, I am not entirely sure just yet)
Now- as those are pretty much my only lights, aside from 17 new Strand CoolBeams and a couple of shakespeare ERS 10 degrees should I stick with the limited number of lights that are twist lock cables or would it be safe to use the edison cables.--We do shows backstage. We set of risers on that massive procenium arch and use the back stage as a small procenium stage, which is where most of the smaller lights would be used.
http://photobucket.com/albums/a52/techgurl86/
Question 2:
I plugged in one of the scoopes to a channel to check if it was working, but the lamp was facing te floors, so still holding on to the plug I grabbed the handle to lift the light up and recieved quite a shock. I am still feeling the effects of it and its been a good 3 hours or so since it happened.
Why did I get shocked....I am pretty sure I have handled a normal stage pin while touch the light fixture that was plugged into it?[/url][/code]
It is not exactly designed for stage productions.
For this theatre which can hold, I believe 3,000 people has a grand total of 88 fixtures. Now before I move on, many of these fixtures don't work, as I fould out today, so there is far less then that in actuality which begins my story.
As I inventoried the lights for the first time in years for that theatre, I found a lot of little 4 inch fresnels with edison cables and asbestos insulation
then I found a couple 6 inch fresnels with edison cables, and some scoopes with edison cables and most of the lights on the theatre have asbestos insulation on the wiring. (I think, I am not entirely sure just yet)
Now- as those are pretty much my only lights, aside from 17 new Strand CoolBeams and a couple of shakespeare ERS 10 degrees should I stick with the limited number of lights that are twist lock cables or would it be safe to use the edison cables.--We do shows backstage. We set of risers on that massive procenium arch and use the back stage as a small procenium stage, which is where most of the smaller lights would be used.
http://photobucket.com/albums/a52/techgurl86/
Question 2:
I plugged in one of the scoopes to a channel to check if it was working, but the lamp was facing te floors, so still holding on to the plug I grabbed the handle to lift the light up and recieved quite a shock. I am still feeling the effects of it and its been a good 3 hours or so since it happened.
Why did I get shocked....I am pretty sure I have handled a normal stage pin while touch the light fixture that was plugged into it?[/url][/code]