Basic guide to focusing a stage light How to focus a stage lighting unit. This article was written by the student pictured. The lighting unit shown was the leading lighting unit of the day, the Altman 360 Q. It is still a terrific unit found in many theaters around...
Before following these steps make sure that the power is turned off or the outlet is unplugged (see instructor or teacher to turn off the power). To know if a plug is not working look if it is tied up in a knot. (When a plug is tied up in a knot it means it...
Stripping the WiresWhen you strip a wire, the first thing you do is to strip the outer shell of the cable using a box cutter. By doing this, you are exposing three wires. The wires you are exposing is the hot (black) wire, the neutral (white) wire, and the ground...
This is a patch panel. Sort of looks like an old telephone operator’s plug board. Each vertical line of holes, 5 each, are wired to one dimmer. Here we can see all the circuits waiting to be used. These wires are connected to the circuits in the electric pipes....
These are the “cans” used for the house lights at the Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, NY. This is a 250watt lamp that is used for the house lights. The top of the ceiling. You can see two house light cans connected via conduit. The catwalk in the cove. Can...
This is an Altman 360Q theatrical Lighting Unit. Most often referred to as a LEKO.BCS owns the following LEKOs 6 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ 6″ x 9″ 6″ x 8″ 6″ x 12″ 6″ x 16″ ERS (Ellipsoidal...
How to use the Altman Model 1000Q Spotlight-Gerald(WebPage assignment-1st draft). This model of Altman spotlight is controlled from rear. This light is best used from the right side of the unit. This way one has access to the gel controls with their right hand and has...
Hook C-Clamp onto pipe. Remember that if you are leaning into the pipe, you will want to face the opening of the clamp away from you so that you may push the C-Clamp towards the pipe, where-as, if you are leaning away from the pipe. you want to hook the C-Clamp from...
This is the NEW Dimmer rack at the Edward R. Murrow High School. This rack holds 98 2.4K dimmers Another photo showing the main cut off switch. Here we see the control panels for the computer driven house light system. To program the system, we use a program on a...
We’ve recycled our patch panel! It is now Light LAb! This is a patch panel. Sort of looks like an old telephone operator’s plug board This is a patch panel. Sort of looks like an old telephone operator’s plug board Here we can see all the circuits waiting to be used....
The wiring diagram on the right shows the path of electricity. Starting from the three phase breaker, which is located in the large circuit breaker box, you can follow the path of the hot wire all the way to the circuit. To see this image in more detail, click it....
This is the old patch panel which has been recycled. Ariel took on the responsibility of completing our light lab. Ariel has served as Master Electrician for a few shows in our small theater. Her next assignment partners her with Laura for Man of La Mancha. Laura is...
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