I figured out why those lights were having the problems that they were, they dimmer and color wheels were dirty and so the sensors where stopping the wheels in the wrong places.  This is going to be a common problem, especially for my downstage fixtures, because they are right above pyrotechnics and get a fresh coating of pyro dust every show.   Just pulling out that module and cleaning the wheels can make a roughly 25% improvement in the brightness of the light.

We are working a new dancer into the shows, so there have been rehearsals all day, everyday.  This is making it very difficult to maintain the rig, because they times when I used to be able to set up the Genie lift are now being used to rehearsals.  I’ve started working at night, after shows and well into the morning in order to get work done.  Unfortunately, at night they don’t worry about the ship rocking as much because they figure people are sleeping anyway.

I had a cyberlight that was overheating.  I think I sunk about 8 man hours into that light without any improvement.  I changed out most of the parts in that light, the thermal switch, the fans, fuses and more.  Finally, during the last show the light stayed on the entire show, not sure if it was the parts I changed, or the fixture just taking pity on me.  Either way, I’ll take it.