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Our senior techs are a jump up from that

£1.56 aint that big a jump 

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I need to be able to sum stereo inputs from keyboards,

Had a weird one doing that sevral years back were the middle keys on the keyboard disappeared,ended up having to keep it stereo .Cant recall the keyboard make ,but the artist certainly wouldn't have been using anything cheap.

I'm shocked it actually partially worked given  the governments  impeccable record with previous IT projects

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Lighting desks with IECs for controlling fog machines?

yep,typically found on el cheapo discodave type things ,best avoided like the plague.

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maltbury ?

thats the badger

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its in metric

is it? cant remember if they were 2.4x1.2m or  8x4ft slabs but they certainly married up with steel deck

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Why not just use steel deck?

Or if you can find it malby(?) as that already has a carpet type material on the back

some call it a half assed job,others call it saving money on developing it to work with something that will at the most only be around for another 10 years,the 3g network that is,not the elderly.

just use a couple of extra safety chains,or even use those on the fixtures

what sort of fixings are on the ptz? is there a tripod mount? adapt that to 10mm,bit of 10mm stud and a half coupler

Is the mic input balanced? and if it is are you running it balanced.

3 hours ago, kerry davies said:

Either that or the legendary small boy stuffed under the riser handing it out when you hit him with the conveniently placed cudgel.

Unfortunately Kerry,were no longer allowed to carry out such activitys unless the small child has been fully trained  and  wearing suitable ppe, the cudgel meets the relevant BS standards and a full risk assessment  has been  carried out.

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You can use a 500W lamp, but it will damage the unit by overheating

And yet,clearly shown on the manufacturers label ,maximum rating 500w

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control 1000 pixels with just 1 channel of DMX here:

Talk about sales spiel,yea it can control 1000 pixels on 1 channel,but in an extremely limited way.

Take a look at

The magic incantation is  T28 , for example  https://shop.centraltheatresupplies.co.uk/ge-showbiz-t28---500w-theatre-lamp-p28-833-p.asp

buy a roll of gel.unwrap it and send it back keeping the tissue paper it came wrapped in to use as your diffusion

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True 1 connectors are only rated for 16a

depends who you ask,from neutrik themselves

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The powerCON TRUE1 is a locking 20 A true mains connector.

However the replacement TRUE1 TOP  is only rated for 16A

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Just as important I'd consider 20 to be excessive due to the connectors used.

connectors look like true 1's ,and there rated for 20A

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As a general rule of thumb, what is the maximum number of screens that should be chained together? 
When running the screens draw about 0.75A.

if it is 1.5mm then I'd stop at 20

27 minutes ago, david.elsbury said:

sounds like you’re upset you had to pay VAT on your purchas

not as upset as he'll be once the bailiff and court fees are added for non payment

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but last time I tried them they didn't seem to be contributing much.

how long did you let it warm up? There not an instant on  jobby they take a good few minutes for the lamp to strike and produce full output

for that sort of money you could hire 4  400w uv cannons

Has a channel level been set on the  lamp?

22 minutes ago, Stuart91 said:

What really took the time was his insistence that it couldn't possible be his iPad and our gear must be faulty.

even thought it happened at his previous 37 gigs ,and the only mention of previous problems is at the load out .

white vinegar makes for a good descaler,best to do it outdoors and don't be surprised if you suddenly fancy a bag of chips