I was asked off list why you don't want to put a video projector on a power
strip, here's why.
you should never put a projector on a power strip for a few reasons:
The main reason being that projectors tend to draw a lot of power and power
strips have a breaker.
So say you're live and your shows going along nicely, then BAM! the projector
unexpectedly goes dark because
it tripped the breaker.
(Even
if your using a little projector that doesn't draw much juice, you
don't know that the power strip is functioning properly.
It could blow easily.) Power strips are unpredictable.
When
a projector slams off like that,(with out going through its normal cool
down process) it takes a while to be able to power up again.
If you have your projector hung, or in the rafters or something, and the power
strip blows, now you have to climb
up to where ever the projector is to reset it.
All things that you do not want to happen while you are live.
Plus, in this day and age where everybody needs to plug in their phone all the
time, you have a power strip
out there (depending where it is) just tempting people to use it.
These people will draw more juice, helping to maybe blow the fuse, plus they
giggle cords and I've even seen people unplug
cables to plug their own stuff in.
Also
when you plug in your projector, make sure you use a good industrial
strength extension cord, not one of those thin gauge home extension
cords.
Projectors will make those melt.
It's all a bunch of maybes, but these are all things that I have seen happen in
live.......
Kristie Reinders, B.F.A.
Director of Cinematography, Electric Visions
Curator and Head Projectionist, Electric Mural Project
The Mission, San Francisco, CA
'A first class technician should work best under pressure.'
- - - Issac Asimov
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