lampyal Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi there everyone, I'm a newbie here, any help would be greatly appreciated!I'm looking for some festoon for a gig next weekend, I'm confused over voltages and so forth.Most of the festoon that I find on the net and ebay is listed as 110v. I need to run the festoon of 240v dimmers with 16amp plugs.If I change the plug and lamps on this 110v festoon will that work please?Or if anyone knows where I could buy some unwanted, unloved second hand 'theatre' type festoon that would be fab :-)Many Thanks,Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcT Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 The 110V ones are usually yellow & fitted with a yellow 110v CEEform plug. They're really designed for building site / railway trackside type applications.You could change the lamps & the plug - but why bother? It'll be far easier to go to your local lighting hire co & tell them you want (to hire/buy) a festoon. You should be able to get the choice of all white or a mixture of coloured lamps. They may be wired to 16A plugs already, or the hire co can provide an adapter. Have Fun! Best Regards,Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartglen Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 not to sure about this but wouldn't it be possible to use a 230-110v transformetso the circuit would bedimmer>transforme>lamps I think this would work but it would be easier to get 230v festoon lights B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 or 2 x 110V strings in series???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLyall Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 or 2 x 110V strings in series???? Wouldn't this be a problem if a lamp or lamps went in one of the strings, leaving them unbalanced? Edit: Thinking about it more, it's probably going to be negligible if the festoons are of any length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well in series, one goes bang, they all go out.... Nothing worse than this as it means getting the meter out to find out which one went pop B-), always a problem with ACLs (for instance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 My first thought too. But wrong. There are two series strings of "N" lamps in parallel, not "N" in series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomLyall Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well in series, one goes bang, they all go out.... Nothing worse than this as it means getting the meter out to find out which one went pop http://www.blue-room.org.uk/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif, always a problem with ACLs. But this would be two parallel strings in series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Where are you? I can list two companies in the area with 230v Festeringtoon lights to hire. PM if you need more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Doh, not thinking straight there. I stand corrected then! Too much wine...... (even tho I shouldn't...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 If 110V festoon is designed just to meet BS7375:1996, will it be rated for 230V use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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