You are in good hands with BIllESC if you are hooked on LED's... he's the king of low price LED's. I'm still very skeptical about the output of the low priced LED's but you can't argue with some of the new products he's been telling us about.
Personally I would suggest you go with a smaller but more powerful incandescent solution... start with good basic light. Then think about adding LED's for a splash of color down the line. You could get a couple of ETC Smart Bar Dimmers, some ETC Source four Jr.s and/or ETC Source four pars, and a little NSI control board or (can't believe I'm saying this...) an ETC Smartfade. For around $5k you could put together a nice little 8-12 light conventional system that won't change colors but it'll put out a ton of light in the right place and serve you well for a LONG time. Get the basics first and cover them well. Add flashy colors later (see the gaftaper method for my philosophy on building and expanding low budget lighting systems here).
You can't be more WRONG my friend. There was a church who had a young woman tragically fall to her death in December because the church thought they had the knowledge to do a flying stunt on their own without professional help. Anytime ANYTHING goes up in the air it IS a life and death situation. You need to have a real rigger analyze the situation... you also should have an engineer tell you if the building is strong enough to take the weight in that area.
Yeah you'll probably get lucky and your truss won't fall. But what if the chances are 1 in 10,000 that it does fall, what if they are 1 in 1,000. How do you KNOW that it won't fall without a professional rigger? What if it falls when the church is full? It'll kill everyone it hits. Are you willing to gamble that for a few hundred bucks?
Personally I would suggest you go with a smaller but more powerful incandescent solution... start with good basic light. Then think about adding LED's for a splash of color down the line. You could get a couple of ETC Smart Bar Dimmers, some ETC Source four Jr.s and/or ETC Source four pars, and a little NSI control board or (can't believe I'm saying this...) an ETC Smartfade. For around $5k you could put together a nice little 8-12 light conventional system that won't change colors but it'll put out a ton of light in the right place and serve you well for a LONG time. Get the basics first and cover them well. Add flashy colors later (see the gaftaper method for my philosophy on building and expanding low budget lighting systems here).
We have professional carpenters, welders, electricians, etc. as part of the church, so safe rigging won't be a problem.
You can't be more WRONG my friend. There was a church who had a young woman tragically fall to her death in December because the church thought they had the knowledge to do a flying stunt on their own without professional help. Anytime ANYTHING goes up in the air it IS a life and death situation. You need to have a real rigger analyze the situation... you also should have an engineer tell you if the building is strong enough to take the weight in that area.
Yeah you'll probably get lucky and your truss won't fall. But what if the chances are 1 in 10,000 that it does fall, what if they are 1 in 1,000. How do you KNOW that it won't fall without a professional rigger? What if it falls when the church is full? It'll kill everyone it hits. Are you willing to gamble that for a few hundred bucks?
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