themadhippy

all comes down to your risk assessment based on stuff like how often its moved and the location the stuffs being used

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Maybe the mainboard is not sending voltage to this DMX PCB and I have to check that

first rule of fault finding check thy voltages,pointless trying to chase a missing signal around a circuit if part of the circuit isn't powered

32 minutes ago, sleah said:

Any how many of use have various bits of broken or faulty kit lying around that's not repairable, can't get parts, not worth the bother, can't be ar5ed with, might get round to one day but we keep 'just in case' because 'you never know'.

Nope not me, erm dont open that cupboard.

Theres several midi to DMX convertors available,along with diy ardunio projects .If your dimmer packs take an analogue input the old puslar universal interface might be worth searching for.

In the name of community sprit,I would like to help the government out,I wont charge a consultancy fee or any other charges,you can have this one for free.

Dear mps and civil servants,this is an elbow

and this is an arse

I hope that helps clears the confusion up,if you need any more help do get in touch

could always go the way of  the pros and put it on track, just hope the soloist don't stumble

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And if not where could I get one

All of the main component stockist (RS,cpc,arrow,digikey mouser etc) have them for £1-£2

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cheap

That part is cheap,what will sting is the cost of p+p on small orders,you could risk looking on ebay,but no guarantee what your buying is what's in the chip

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Any recommendations?

if you can increase the ole budget

https://www.rigol-uk.co.uk/product/rigol-ds1054z-50mhz-digital-oscilloscope/

been around for a few years,but still pretty good bang for buck.

few quid more,but newer and slightly better specs

https://siglent.co.uk/products/digital-oscilloscopes/siglent-sds1000x-u-series-digital- oscilloscopes/

Ive got my eye on one of theses to replace my old trusty analogue instek,but other expenses keep getting in the way

Ah memorys of a safety chain through the back handle and round the bar to keep the dam  things from drooping

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and what I think is Cyan !

maybe it meant to be lime

hire a proper xenon strobe

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Er, isn't that a little beyond the laws of physics..

Its flints,the purveyor of sky hooks, so a little humour  is expected

Had a similar fault on a soundcraft 200b,it was down to a 10 ohm resistor,buggered if I can remember were it was in the circuit though

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Thats all very well but ATMs wont be working so no cash! 

you've obviously never heard the term "bar tab"

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. In fact, you can't buy anything cos card payments fail.

youll be able to buy a pint in my local micro pub,no cards accepted cash only and ale served straight from the barrel

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Hospitals CAN use red diesel in generators or for oil burning heating, provided that no electricity is exported into the grid.

Ah I'd misremembered the regs change in april and thought it covered all generators,however digging into the actual regs it says

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for heating and electricity generation in non-commercial premises - this includes the heating of homes and buildings such as places of worship, hospitals and townhalls;

considering all most all hospitals have a shop or 2 and many treat private patients how can they not be classed as a commercial premises?

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live next door to a hospital electrician. They've run backup power drills

nothing unusualt here,back when I breifly worked in the nhs in the 80's  each of the gennys would be run up with a full load once a year as part of the general maintenance routine .Of course now we cant be putting red diesel in the tanks those same gennys are going to be much more expensive to run .

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National Grid say 3hr power cuts in a "worst case" scenario. 

cynical me reckons its all a con,let the fan and feces collide then at the last minute dont trust will announce shes made an agreement ,it will cost the tax payer £7 billion but the power will be staying on.Dont forget to vote for me for saving christmas

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, and use these guys:  https://www.thelightsource.com/products/uni-bolt-for-strut-channels-82 to hang your fixtures.

Ok what am I missing? what do they offer over zebedee's

Does the budget extend to lab gruppen? https://www.labgruppen.com/product.html?modelCode=P0D5M

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I mis-read that as "Anusol". Pretty sure that won't work..

well if there a pile to do

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The efficiency will be the same,

finally we broke the conservation of energy rules that have plagued science for years

If you can find one,the microsoft intellimouse track ball,as found with many strand 300's,is well worth the search.unlike many of the newer trackballs,the ball is held captive and cant escape every time you knock it

As your a school ask the science department if they have  some co2 lying about,added bonus they should know about using the stuff safely.Basically all you need is a container of warm water to slowly drop the solid co2 into,and maybe a fan to direct the fog

Bit small for beams,but for smaller stuff these bungys are great for holding cabling and lightweight stuff  up, much quicker to rig and derig  than  tying bows in para cord

I'll throw another into the pile,inspired audio.co.uk/ owned by  chris scot,formerly of logic.Used a few  bits of theirs and it makes an impressive amount of noise for its size