KindredHyperion Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Just a quick question - I've seen several lighting installations now which have little yellow stickers with black numbers on them to mark the sockets, including our main hall and drama studio, both of which were done before my time. I presume these were all done by the same company, so out of pure interest I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourwatt Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 They may be PAT stickers. Do they have a date on them? to tell you when they should be retested. If it is a new install, they will have stickers on them to tell you that it has been assembled/wired correctly and tested good etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 They may be PAT stickers. Do they have a date on them? to tell you when they should be retested. If it is a new install, they will have stickers on them to tell you that it has been assembled/wired correctly and tested good etc.PAT stickers on an installation? Portable? More likely to indicate which breaker-board, and which way in that board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KindredHyperion Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 No, they are just yellow stickers with a single digit on. For example in the drama studio there is one on every socket on the grid saying the channel number for that socket, and in the main hall they are on the plugs on the patch rack to say which socket on the grid each plug is linked to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
london sound Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 These are possibly like what you are looking for NumbersRS website Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourwatt Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 KindredHyperion may have just answered his own question!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KindredHyperion Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 I knew what the stickers were for, I just thought it a bit strange that so many different installations used exactly the same stickers and was wondering if it was something that one particular company did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 was wondering if it was something that one particular company did. Possible. But equally likely that several companies get their labels from the same source. Before the days of P-touch etc, it was common to buy rolls of sticky-on numbers - either individually or for wire-wrapping. And most people would pick them up from RS.... Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 The previous link to RS doesn't work thanks to their strange dynamic something-or-other, but I'll wager that it was pointing towards RS stock no. 445-3880, which I reckon are the kind of labels that you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lighting4Free Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 These stickers are called patch panel dva you use them to find out on the patch and on the dimmer so you can programme each channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simschr Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 We have them on all the sockets in the Patch Bay and on all the sockets on the Internally Wired Bars it's so when you rig lanterns and plug them into a socket you can use that lantern on a specific channel on the dimmer / desk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Could it be a handheld dymo labeller? The tapes come in loads of colours, including black on yellow, and my guess is this is what has been used to put channel numbers on socket outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simschr Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 You can still buy them todayhttp://www.stage-electrics.co.uk/s26/660120.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KindredHyperion Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 RS 445-3880 are the exact ones! Thanks Gareth. So it's nothing then? I was just hoping the stickers would point towards which company did the lighting installation in the main hall, something which no-one seems to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.santry Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 A packet of these have just appeared in my school's control room, I'll have a look on Monday and see what information is with them We use them as well to indicate channel numbers. I believe (not 100% so don't quote me on it) that Stage Electrics did our install, but again maybe I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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