<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Kim Hartshorn via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Several years ago we replaced our original install (1970's era Kliegl 36 dimmer and patch panel) with comapny switches, portable ETC Sensors and Multi Cable. Part of the reason for this is that in addition to the dimmers needing a complete overhaul, the dedicated electrics had reached the end of their service life with brittle, cracking insulation. </span></div></div>
</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>That is precisely our situation. We are also upgrading from Kliegl dimming, and we also are dealing with end-of-life raceway wiring. (We're currently operating without cyc lighting because our US electric is so deteriorated that it is unsafe to power those circuits on.)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Any worries about the mechanical stress put on the cables feeding your electrics causing problems in the long run? As it sits now, when one wire in a multicable breaks from overuse, we are only down a single circuit. If you are feeding power to portable dimmers on the electrics, don't you run the risk of losing a lot more than a single circuit if the feeder breaks?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">~joe</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">_________________________<br>Joe Wilson, ATD/Sound<br>Indian River State College<br><br>Adding one more "me too" to the <br>collective internet consciousness.</div>
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