777-7777 Flashcards
List 5 expendables
Clothes pins Gaffer tape Cube taps Trick line Black wrap
(zip cord, households, paper tape, electric tape, sash, squeezers, gels, add-a-taps, spring clips, ground lifters)
List 5 open face lights
(According to the Box book:)
Blonde, redhead, nook, broad, mighty
(Mickey)
Name the accessories for a fresnel
Barn doors
Scrims
Snoot
Gel frame
(focal spot, shutters)
What is the weight of 100ft 4/0 piece?
96 lbs (before the camlocks)
(2/0 - 68
5-wire - 85
100 amp - 72
Soco - 75)
What is a dichroic bulb?
Bulb with a coating on either the glass filter or the reflector that colors the light by selectively passing wavelengths
(Dichroic filters available in different colors including color correction)
What is a FAY?
PAR 36
650w
5000k
Medium flood/dichroic lens
Goes into a mini-brute
Define the Halogine cycle
The cycle by which halogen in a bulb returns tungsten deposits to the filament preventing blackening on the inner wall of the bulb
What is the difference between Kino flo and regular fluorescents?
Kinos operate at 30,000 Hz
Kinos - custom electronics and chemical makeup results in:
- optimized for brightness
- true color rendition (CRI 95)
- reliability under harsh conditions
- flicker free
- quiet
What is the proper idle time for a genny?
According to the Catepillar recommendation:
When the water temp = 80 degrees or higher
(-Pat Fontana)
(Til Temperature gauge registers a change roughly 5-10 min
Depends on weather, genny type, etc
-Christ)
What is a ghost leg?
Ghost leg/load: A load not used to light the set and placed on a circuit to balance the various legs of power.
Usually a mini-brute or maxi-brute
(Or to bring the load on a resistance-type dimmer up to it’s minimum operating wattage)
What is a pin splitter? Why do we use it?
Tool to bend apart smooshed pins on a bates connector.
We use them to make sure pins are wide enough to make solid contact at the connection
What adapter to use if only bus bars on a genny?
Lug connectors
someone said “Anderson Clamp”
What is the difference between real and paper amps?
Paper amps: wattage/100
Real amps: wattage/volts(usually 120)
Paper amps = 1.2 times the real amperage
Real current = 83% of the paper value
A quick calculating method that plays it safe
What is line loss?
Voltage lost from source to load because resistance turns some power into heat
Who uses shiny board on set?
In Local 52 jurisdiction the ELECTRIC DEPT is in charge of all shiny board use
What does an inverter do?
Electronic device that converts DC power into AC
What does a rectifier do?
A electrical unit that converts AC to DC
Name all bulbs for HMIs
HMI wattages: 125 200 400 575 800 1.2k 1.8k 2.5k 4k 6k 9k 12k (single and double ended) 18k (single and double ended)
Name 2 different types of step down in distort
transformer
CD80 (like a 10k dimmer)
