WooferHound
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering why all the numbers on the bulbs are up-side-down ?
PRG, North Bergen?
I've been to that shop but I don't recall seeing this.
I was honestly just going down a mental list.
Apparently one can go to a shop in Jersey but ignores the rules of the post....
But yes, its from the PRG shop in North Bergen, NJ. The place where many a Broadway show both touring and install begin. My friend was there prepping her show before it hit the road and snapped these photos. Here is the rest of the work station...
Don't worry about it. What the real question was "What the hell is this thing for". I kind of figured that no one who was not paid to go into that shop would not know w
Since the horse is out of the barn.
EDIT: I was posting at the same time as ST, so....
Somewhere is a bunch of chassie mount Soca/Veam connections so the dimmer racks can connect up.
The shops use this to put an actual load on the dimmers for testing. They can test the consoles as well, fades, times, etc... along with the dimmer rack. This model is setup for dual 96 racks, 4 units of 8 rows of 6 lamps = 192 lamps, plus an add'l 24 in the middle (possibly has a 2P&G interface ?) for smaller 12 and 24 packs ?. I'd guess the 300/500 watt lamps on top center test the 6 & 12 kw dimmers.
If this is the PRG test bench, then it might have come all the way thru the Production Arts -> 4Th Phase -> PRG changes, thus might have once tested Colortran D192 racks, back when Production Advantage had these systems, thus the need for 192.
As to ST's questions ?,
- Built possibly by you at Pro Arts when you were on 10th Ave. ?, possibly Jeff Kaye ?. Probably not Ron Brodour as he didn't join you until after you moved to NJ, I believe and I'll bet this pre-dates this. The IPS logo certainly say's Pro-Arts as you guys used that stuff for a while, about the only shop to do so.
- No real clues I can see as to age. You state the left side is earlier then the right. Possibly tested CD80 analog racks ?.
On what appears to be 12 ckt. multi-cable?
On what appears to be 12 ckt. multi-cable?
Yes, the original had 12 circuit Pyle-National 37-pin Star-Line connectors.
ST
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