[Gllug] OT: Merging UPS outputs

[Bernard Peek]

In message <200509012035.08990.dylan at dylan.me.uk>, Dylan 
<dylan at dylan.me.uk> writes
>On Thursday 01 Sep 2005 20:07, Robert Newson wrote:
>> Dylan wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>> >>Tail (extension leads in non-theatre speak) is gradually
>> >> disappearing now, with hard-wired sockets close to each potential
>> >> lamp location.
>> >
>> > Maybe in large commercial venues, and indeed there is a legal limit
>> > of 1.5m on a tail which is observed in the breach more often than
>> > not. In the smaller venue, especially of the "art centre" or church
>> > hall variety, tails often comprise the whole system still.
>>
>> Then comes the LX's Favourite: GAFFER IT!
>
>YEAH!
>
>>
>> One main restriction I remember was not tailing FOH to back stage
>> (and vice-versa) - they were on different phases...not that we ever
>> did...
>
>I worked on a rig with barrels running off separate phases in a grid
>pattern. The scope for crossing phases was enormous.

I've seen pictures of what happens when you do that. One electronics 
manufacturer had a room full of racks with repaired (expensive) 
test-equipment undergoing soak testing. When the fire-brigade left it 
had been thoroughly soaked.




-- 
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

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