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<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Taylor via Stagecraft<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 9, 2021 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> John Taylor <jt@techie.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SML] ETC Color Source SPOT & PAR unit repair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I concur with Matthew's statement. I was allowed to use some of the Color Source units a few years ago. If I remember a quick read on them before I used them was
to limit the number of units daisy chained. I may be wrong but that popped into my head on reading this message. I would try running in no more than groups of 3 to see if that makes them work correctly on both power and DMX.<br>
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<a href="mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net"><stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net></a> on behalf of Steven Mclean via Stagecraft
<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net"><stagecraft@theatrical.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 9, 2021 9:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stagecraft <a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net"><stagecraft@theatrical.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Steven Mclean <a href="mailto:stevenjmclean@gmail.com"><stevenjmclean@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SML] ETC Color Source SPOT & PAR unit repair</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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down due to Covid. The producer pivoted last December & opened as a sort of nightclub with limited seating & we began using the lights again. All seemed to be going well, but one-by one some of the units became unresponsive. About a month ago, I did an
entire survey of the rig (I did not buy the units & have very limited experience with these type of LED units). Anyway, I discovered that roughly 1/3 of the SPOT & 1 of the 20 PAR units were malfunctioning. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apparently these units are no longer under warranty and ETC/Barbizon has issued me an RMA for the repair. This will require shipping all 13 units to & from Wisconsin (from SW Florida) at an undisclosed cost & a repair of an estimated $500
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