CSCTech
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Hello all,
Well, moving lights are done for the next show.
Whilst cleaning the storage room I found a booklet much the same as the other three we have, "Lighting System Operation Manual", "i96 Dimmer Rack Maintenance Guide", "Status 24/48 User Manual", and now to add to the collection one titled "Dimming System". I was flipping through this book and basicly all it is is states what we purchased on instalation of the TV Studio and the Auditorium.
So looking at the first page, It talks about the lighting fixtures bought for the Auditorium,
ex.
Model Qty Name
................4...............8 Inch Theatre Fresnel
.................4...............Safety Cable
.................4...............C-Clamp
.................4................---Watt Lamp
etc etc.
So There is a separate section for our Colortran 5/50 Ellipsoidal.
It has three sub sections after reading it, I found our why in the world the beam of light from one of our ellipsoidal was not the same as the others and so on. Which was getting me quit confused the week earlier when moving said ellipsoidal, all shutters out, focused the same, minuscule different through difference.
Because, we have
10 40 degrees
4 30 degrees
and 2 20 Degrees
I do not know the reasoning behind why we would purchase three different size lights for or FOH Spots, make it quit hard to focus them, plus we need a ladder to do it in the first place!
And they are in no particular order,
I was thinking maybe it was intended to be hung like this?
2 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 20
Is there method to this madness?
Maybe over the years former TDs moved these lights for some reason? Kind of like our Electrics, they werent intended to be re-hung, you can tell because, we have three three channel border lights and in three places around the electrics there are three pigtails very close to each other and whatnot, but we got a bit more envolved with it so they get moved around.
Anyways,
If someone could just tell me why someone would do this and if there is any special order the lights should be in that would be great!
And if it helps, we have a Proscenium theatre with the stage coming out a few feet from the opening.
Well, moving lights are done for the next show.
Whilst cleaning the storage room I found a booklet much the same as the other three we have, "Lighting System Operation Manual", "i96 Dimmer Rack Maintenance Guide", "Status 24/48 User Manual", and now to add to the collection one titled "Dimming System". I was flipping through this book and basicly all it is is states what we purchased on instalation of the TV Studio and the Auditorium.
So looking at the first page, It talks about the lighting fixtures bought for the Auditorium,
ex.
Model Qty Name
................4...............8 Inch Theatre Fresnel
.................4...............Safety Cable
.................4...............C-Clamp
.................4................---Watt Lamp
etc etc.
So There is a separate section for our Colortran 5/50 Ellipsoidal.
It has three sub sections after reading it, I found our why in the world the beam of light from one of our ellipsoidal was not the same as the others and so on. Which was getting me quit confused the week earlier when moving said ellipsoidal, all shutters out, focused the same, minuscule different through difference.
Because, we have
10 40 degrees
4 30 degrees
and 2 20 Degrees
I do not know the reasoning behind why we would purchase three different size lights for or FOH Spots, make it quit hard to focus them, plus we need a ladder to do it in the first place!
And they are in no particular order,
I was thinking maybe it was intended to be hung like this?
2 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 20
Is there method to this madness?
Maybe over the years former TDs moved these lights for some reason? Kind of like our Electrics, they werent intended to be re-hung, you can tell because, we have three three channel border lights and in three places around the electrics there are three pigtails very close to each other and whatnot, but we got a bit more envolved with it so they get moved around.
Anyways,
If someone could just tell me why someone would do this and if there is any special order the lights should be in that would be great!
And if it helps, we have a Proscenium theatre with the stage coming out a few feet from the opening.
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