dfinn Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Hi, Over the next couple of weeks our school is running asbout 4 different shows. For one of them I am going to fly my moving heads and was planning to use square pin - circle pin converters to plug them into our 15amp sockets on the LX bars. Then I planned to get the corresponding cables from the patch box and plug them into the none dim sockets on our dimmer rack. However I looked at the outputs and indeed it said 15A 250V. Because my movers are 13A and 230 - 240v I am presuming I cannot do this? I will have the get the corresponding cables from the patch box and pit a circle - square pin converter on and then plug it into a standard 13A outlet? iS this the 2nd best way to do it? Thanks Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktaylor Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Hi, Over the next couple of weeks our school is running asbout 4 different shows. For one of them I am going to fly my moving heads and was planning to use square pin - circle pin converters to plug them into our 15amp sockets on the LX bars. Then I planned to get the corresponding cables from the patch box and plug them into the none dim sockets on our dimmer rack. However I looked at the outputs and indeed it said 15A 250V. Because my movers are 13A and 230 - 240v I am presuming I cannot do this? I will have the get the corresponding cables from the patch box and pit a circle - square pin converter on and then plug it into a standard 13A outlet? iS this the 2nd best way to do it? Thanks Daniel<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The current part is obviously not a problem, and if you think about it the voltage can hardly be wrong, unless you have a generator supplying the school! Obviously the power comes from the same source as all other power in the school.Apart from that your logic is right! The only "safety" aspect I can think of that others might pick up on is make sure the "movers" are on the same phase as other equipment on that bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 The only "safety" aspect I can think of that others might pick up on is make sure the "movers" are on the same phase as other equipment on that bar.No longer an issue and hasn't been for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Daniel, My suggestion would be to put a 13A (Male) to 15A (Female) on the dimmer room end of the patch cable and plug your Movers into the mains as opposed to the non-dims. You don't say what dimmers or movers you are using but I personally would keep my movers well clear of my dimmers as they really don't like anything less than what they are expecting up 'em. HTHStu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modge Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 And make sure you remember which sockets are which. May sound trival \ patronising I guess but there is an important logic behind this: If you stuff up and dim an intelligent thats bad indeed - they really don't like it. Thus make sure all the intelligent work before you start turning on any dimmed channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfinn Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Hi, dont know what the non dims are but the movers are ACME spotknights. Yeh I expected putting a 15a - 13a on the other end and just plug it into the standard 13a outlet. Thats what Ill do. Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Be a little cautious about what the startup current of each fixture is, else you could find yourself tripping breakers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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