Jivemaster

FIRST learn to delegate! As a writer/producer you may not have all the skills to do props/set/sfx etc etc. You need a team of people who can and will achieve (in time!) all the things you want.

A skilled electroplating operator can plate silver or chrome onto plastics and the finish will be as good as the base material, plating onto metal would be easier. Can you find a manufacturer of sporting cups and trophies someone who could put a reflector dish inside a silver plating run.

Ask a local glass and glazing supplier, there will likely be a glass wholesaler with a mirroring facility who may be interested. Likewise sports trophy dealers may know someone who silver plates. What is the base material? Something must be available because cars and trucks have had headlights for years.

Were they originally chrome plated or silver plated or silver mirrored?

Does the pcb that uses the signal offer any help? Does it say what sensor it needs in lettering on the board?

I have no idea whether that is a thermostat (bimetallic) or a resistance thermal sensor of which type. Can you locate the point where the sensor wire leaves the block (where the broken wire should be) then dig some resin out and refix a wire. If a fog machine is essential, I wouldn't want to go out with a bodged one. How much will a replacement machine cost in your market?

Terralec (dotcodot UK) still list tungsten lamps, but which delivery will be their last? Never neglect the cost of the converter leads -sometime it's cheaper to buy better. Moderate the weight you carry, especially heavy flight cases.

Non-exam activities in schools depend on (usually) ONE member of staff. In my school, the No. 2 maths teacher was a great keyboards and organ player and restored his own Compton theatre organ. He and the (classical) music teacher worked the music for shows until No 2 maths moved 20 miles to be head of maths. You have to realise that putting in a 16hour day interests people UNTIL they get offered head of department elsewhere. If kit isn't screwed down then hire it in.

In an established premises the licensing officer and the EHO and the fire officer have already seen and approved the plans of the building with features like fire fighting and exits (etc) well defined and illuminated and drawn onto plans. These are then approved for a specified number of people. For a temporary event all of this has to be decided and drawn to plans then the approved plans have to be realised on the ground. With half an indication of "doing it on the cheap" the Fire Officer will be there 30 minutes before start time and they have the authority to instantly stop your event. You, because you have insurance, will be a primary target for claims if there is hurt or injury unless the organisers have lots of good insurance.

No-one will have accurate information! Brachytherapy isn't an everyday procedure and being a good commentator isn't a common skill so this question probably has possibly never occurred before. Offering a dynamic mic that doesn't need power covers you for any damage to the circuitry inside a radio Tx. However this person will live a normal life between hospital visits so the damage to the surroundings will already be minimal.

Very simply, this event MAY be within the school's normal activities or not, and may come under their authority or not. The only way to determine this is to speak to the school and the local authority licensing official. It may or may not be your responsibility to do this checking BUT if things go pear shaped and someone get's hurt then liability WILL land on everyone involved. Lawyers would prefer to find people with insurance to take liability because then they have someone to supply money. The event may go well but if it "has issues" then you as an advisor could have a liability for damages, if the event is simply unlicensed then your equipment could be seized and forfeit. The simple question to ask is "Is there a licence in place for this performance?" A Licence or temporary event notice means that the council have approved the event and the measures taken to ensure the safety of the audience and cast. It also defines the Event Manager. Without a licence it's just as illegal as an illegal rave. Assume that with a three page topic(so far), someone locally will have advance knowledge of the event.

As their advisor for (as you say) electricity and lighting, in the event of an incident you will be at risk for damages if anyone gets hurt vaguely related to electricity or lighting.

Ultimately the council licensing officer and/or the local fire officer can turn up and demand to see the licence and check that everything meets the current standards including fire retardance, fire extinguishers, communications, emergency lights, exit signs and lots more. The fire officer can likely turn up in the hour before "curtain up" meaning that you have no time to correct anything. Without a licence you can get stopped and everything seized. "The Organisers" may opine but will the Fire Officer agree? Will you and your equipment get stuck in the middle? Someone is actually responsible for the safety of all people involved from the public highway and back to the highway. If you think it's not you then you need to know who is responsible (and insured). How will you be if this goes pear shaped and you get sued for injuries or just lose equipment?

A good condition 12v lead acid battery holds jut over 1 KwHr of electricity, so 24v 100AH will hold 2.4KWHr. Is this over two+ nights? How will you recharge the batteries without running the main engines for 4+ hours? A battery that has been left flat for months may only hold 10% of it's rated capacity.

" Power from duplicated inverters " Only the more expensive inverters will allow parallel operation (mostly the bigger Victron kit) so with economy inverters some circuits will be on each inverter, so if an inverter goes out, those lights will fail. Will the two 24v vehicles need to move afterwards? If so check that they have a separate 24v starter battery. Most people can jump start a 12v vehicle -no-one I know carries a 24v jump start.