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"Mired" acronym for 'micro reciprocal degrees Kelvin', a unit of measurement used to describe colour temperatures. It indicates the colour temperature shift provided by a filter for a light source.
This visual calculator is much easier than working it out mathematically!
Does the Camera Car keep tripping out in winter?
Does the Make up truck loose power at the same time every day?
This visual tool from www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk, may help you explain to non-technical people, why the power keeps going off.
There are also a few other useful resources on this site too, including this
With Electricity being readily available in our homes, cafes, shops, offices, and everywhere else, knowing the basics has become a life skill. This very simple "layman's guide" may come in useful when explaining how electricity works when speaking with other crew members.
BS 1363- is the part of the standard which covers plugs, BS 1363-2 applies to sockets and includes the following words:
“Socket-outlets conforming to this standard are shuttered and therefore do not require the use of additional means to shield the current-carrying contacts when no plug is present in the socket-outlet.”
Do I need socket covers? (PDF)
If your binary is a bit rusty and you have been given some weird and wonderful fixture or practical that needs addressing to suit your control desk, type in your allocated DMX address & this simple calculator shows you how to set the dip switches