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Creature
25-10-2006, 11:30 AM
got some old FALS that i wanna convert to 4 channel and i have just brought a new large lightbox as the wiring on my one loos real bad.

is there a website out there that covers making/repairing/wiring light boxes ???????

many thanx in advance
Corabar Steve
26-10-2006, 07:18 PM
There are members who have made their own, I'm sure somebody can help out
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:13 PM
got some old FALS that i wanna convert to 4 channel and i have just brought a new large lightbox as the wiring on my one loos real bad.

is there a website out there that covers making/repairing/wiring light boxes ???????

many thanx in advance
|Hi, I asume that the boxes are connected via bulgin?
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:30 PM
http://www.freewebs.com/myfiesta/untitled.bmp

hope this helps you :teeth:
lightspeed
26-10-2006, 08:33 PM
Zach, does this mean that pins 2 and 8 are futile then? :confused:
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:33 PM
Or it could well be wired like this take a look at the table in this webpage:

http://freespace.virgin.net/tom.baldwin/pinout-8bulgin.html
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:35 PM
Zach, does this mean that pins 2 and 8 are futile then? :eek:
There are many ways to wire bulgin! There are two ways on here iam sure on that link on my previous post standard 2 in the table is the right one. :embarasse
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:37 PM
There are many ways to wire bulgin! There are two ways on here iam sure on that link on my previous post standard 2 in the table is the right one. :embarasse
well it how i wired mine! and runs perfect, i suppose you can swap the channels around to make the bulbs flash in a different sequence!
lightspeed
26-10-2006, 08:38 PM
But surely the you'd want the sequence to be determined by the controller?
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:41 PM
well if you have basic controller and don't have a setting where you can change the sequence so you can just change the sequcence by switching a few wires :teeth:
lightspeed
26-10-2006, 08:48 PM
Ahh, yeah I see what you mean now. (But might be more practical to buy a better controller in such circumstances :D)
soundlad
26-10-2006, 08:49 PM
LOL. If don't know what you are doing i would go for a controller that does support sequence changing :teeth:
Creature
26-10-2006, 09:02 PM
many thanx :):)
Paul James Promotions
26-10-2006, 10:44 PM
I have never come across Bulgin's wired like that. Usually 2,3,4 and 5 are live, 7 & 8 are linked as Neutral, 1 is Earth and 6 is unused.
soundlad
27-10-2006, 06:12 AM
well i wired mine on that link above and they seemed to work perfect :embarasse :teeth:
Excalibur
27-10-2006, 09:49 AM
I have never come across Bulgin's wired like that. Usually 2,3,4 and 5 are live, 7 & 8 are linked as Neutral, 1 is Earth and 6 is unused.

Agree with you, Sir. Mine are listed like that on controller body, I always assumed that was the standard format
DMX Will
27-10-2006, 10:33 AM
I have never come across Bulgin's wired like that. Usually 2,3,4 and 5 are live, 7 & 8 are linked as Neutral, 1 is Earth and 6 is unused.

That's how mine work :)
Creature
27-10-2006, 10:42 AM
ok will give it a go in the next few weeks time permitting. i will use the first diagram as its simpler for a thicko like me to understand :)

anyone any idea how the wireing is under the roses ????

im gonna be using some old/new bulgin cables or same cable bits ive obtained....

all my light boxes seem to have used single strands of bell wire or similar :(