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RE: Re: Mode Lighting Low Voltage Halogen Transfomers sold by Keene Electronics


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  • Subject: RE: Re: Mode Lighting Low Voltage Halogen Transfomers sold by Keene Electronics
  • From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:33:16 -0000
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I started with Rank Strand wirewound slide dimmers at school.

Generous dollop of Vaseline on the slider bar to ensure nice smooth
dimming.
1 Gallon plastic container of chilled Orange squash to keep us going
through
the performance as it got so bloody hot up on the gantry.

We didnt have a Master Dimmer (too expensive for the school) so we made a
wooden bar to drag all the dimmers down to the bottom. Had to be VERY
careful doing a fast fade down. If we didnt stop just before the bottom of
the dimmers there was an almighty "CLANG" as all the sliders hit
the bottom.
Happened several times :-)

Nowadays they dont even have to change the Cinemoid.... just send a
differnet DMX code and it becomes a different colour.

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


-----Original Message-----
From: the_home_automator <db@xxxxxxx> [mailto:db@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 February 2003 22:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Mode Lighting Low Voltage Halogen Transfomers sold
by Keene Electronics


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andy Barnett <andy@a...> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:11:00 -0000, you wrote:
>
>
> Nay lad, I remember those big glazed erthenware pots full of salt
water, and topping them
> up when they boiled.....

Ahhhh... topping up.... these things werent called p*ss pots for no
reason...




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