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Thought 23: Lights, something, something.

My wife does Improv, and was playing a location that did not have stage lights. Mostly they have disco lights and a good sounds system. Basically just a club. So I was tasked with creating a portable light system that we could go in and setup quickly. Oh yeah, it had to be cheap and done in under 24 hours. To the hardware store!

First thing I think of is work lights, well because had a pair, but they did not provide quite the right light. Fortunately, Jen come up the correct type of mountable flood lighting and a couple of lamps with adjustable light positions. Excellent, things are going well, now all that we need is a light board. With the current setup everything was AC, not the 12VDC used by most lighting systems. Good thing they make light dimmers, with a quick calculation determine that with one AC outlet we can use up to 3 dimmers with 600 max watt loads each before blowing a typical circuit ( 120 V x 15 A = 1800 Watts ). We grab 3 outlets to go with the dimmers, allowing a quickly reconfiguration portable dimmer board. Anyway half the day already blown at the hardware store getting the pieces need we head back to the shop and I proceed to put together the board, while Jen gets prepare for the show. With a few hours remaining to test the whole things is tested and ready to go. Anyway here's what it looks like all done:

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sugarbumkin said…
Yup, I maintain that you guys are made of magic and unicorn farts. (they fart magic, fyi)
September 30, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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