As part of our maintenance for stage lighting, done each August, we fix/service/clean the Dept. of Theater lighting gear. At some point during their last show, some student(s) decided it was far too much effort to go find a two-fer, of which there are plenty to be found in twist-loks. Thus they paired the 2 Altman Econo-cycs as per the photo. I had "words" with the Dept. of Theater lighting supervisor over this.
Conventional Fixtures WTF? (Improvised two-fer)
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What!!! I don't see anything wrong here!
There are actually fewer points of failure in this construction than if a 2-fer was involved. Just sayin'.
True, although it was originally a joke...maybe I was serious...
Thats because he had to remove the tape and bungee cord(s) to set them on the ground for the picture!
What is the problem with this? I know it's not ideal, but why shouldn't you do this?
The twist plug is an old style @ 20 amps. The socket s are adjustable to handle up to a 2kw lamp, so that's problem one if the user has modified the fixture to use such a lamp, which we (in theory) don't.
Then you get into the UL listing for this connector and connectors in general where you violate the listing usage by using it as a splice point, which is why shops are no longer selling V-style two-fer s as pre-made, only Y-style. This particular connector is long de-listed for 120v, single pole use anyway, but that's a whole other issue.
Then there's the issue as to who did this ? and do they pay attention to the color coding of the connector so they don't wire up the hot to ground or some such and it was a student doing this, so problem 3.
And we have ton's of two-fers, so doing this means I now pay union scale to fix. Problem 4.
Is it illegal to wire 2 separate fixtures on one connector ?. No idea.
Then you get into the UL listing for this connector and connectors in general where you violate the listing usage by using it as a splice point, which is why shops are no longer selling V-style two-fer s as pre-made, only Y-style. This particular connector is long de-listed for 120v, single pole use anyway, but that's a whole other issue.
Then there's the issue as to who did this ? and do they pay attention to the color coding of the connector so they don't wire up the hot to ground or some such and it was a student doing this, so problem 3.
And we have ton's of two-fers, so doing this means I now pay union scale to fix. Problem 4.
Is it illegal to wire 2 separate fixtures on one connector ?. No idea.
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DuckJordan
Touring IATSE Member
not very many two-fers around the university i worked for a year were using any other connector other that the standard connector. I know for a fact that when we go to make two-fers we use at least 20 amp connectors since we have a ground row that is an enormous power hog.
Gern
Active Member
My bad, It looked like a 15A parallel blade to me...Opps!
It's old style, so L7-20.
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