Comments on: Disco lights DIY https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/ All about electronics and circuit design Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1860478 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:20:57 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1860478 https://www.daslight.com/en/hardware.htm

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005143721058.html

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1854523 Mon, 26 May 2025 11:33:00 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1854523 Several free software options can be used for controlling DMX lighting, including:

Chromateq: They offer free software like Wi-Light, a mobile app for DMX control, and PRO DMX 2, a more advanced software package.

xLights: A free and open-source software for creating and playing lighting shows.
SweetLight Controller: They offer a free lighting control software with DMX interfaces.
Daslight: While their software is free, it requires a Daslight USB or Ethernet interface to convert the control data to DMX.
DMXControl: A free software for DMX control, developed by an association.

These software options offer various features, from mobile control to advanced live sound-to-light control, catering to both beginners and professionals.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1841483 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:14:36 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1841483 https://www.boutique-electroconcept.com/12-channels-servomotor-dmx-board.html

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839307 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:58:10 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839307 If a fixtures is above someone, use a safety. There are certain regulations here in Germany where you must not use a safety in certain fixed installations but you generally should.

This is a question you shouldn’t have to ask.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839306 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:57:43 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839306 I don’t know what the rules are for regular electrical safety testing in the US, but in the U.K. anything with a plug on it is generally PAT tested once a year at a minimum. Occasionally at longer intervals and often at shorter intervals. So if the venue hasn’t had the cans down for testing (at which point most would normally clean their kit too), I’d probably avoid using them regardless.

Of course it’s also possible that they’re installed and hardwired, or that they’re disconnected and were replaced with LED or other DJ/club lights, and it was just cheaper in labour costs to leave them up there than to remove them.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839305 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:57:04 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839305 Safeties on lights above a location any person is seated or may be expected to walk is mandatory

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839304 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:56:42 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839304 Beyond of any official regulation the venues liability insurance provider should also be considered. They very well may not pay a claim if the fixture had no secondary on it. More than once I’ve had an insurance inspector ask for a second or even 3rd safety cable on something. I’m not going to argue it. I just add it and move on.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839303 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:54:06 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839303 “If the failure of one of them will not cause the equipment to fall” then yes. However, “it should be possible for the mounting failure to be detected, so that it can be repaired and the redundant mounting restored”.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1839302 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:52:57 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1839302 ANSI E1.53 – 2019 – Overhead mounting of luminaires, lighting accessories, and other portable devices: specification and practice

(Definition) Secondary Mounting Devices: devices that are intended to stop the fall of Supported Equipment if the Primary Mounting Device fails. Examples would be safety cables and safety chains.

5.3.1 When Secondary Mounting Devices are required to be used
Secondary Mounting Devices are required to be used whenever the failure of the Primary Mounting Device might result in injury to a person. Secondary Mounting Devices are not required when the failure of a Primary Mounting Device is unlikely to result in injury to a person, for example, when a luminaire is mounted where there is no possibility of a person being underneath to be hit by falling equipment, when the equipment is so lightweight that it is unlikely to cause injury, or when there are redundant Primary Mounting Devices and the failure of one of them will not cause the equipment to fall.

Link: https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/docs/E1-53-2019.pdf

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2024/04/21/disco-lights-diy/comment-page-1/#comment-1834036 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:53:04 +0000 https://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=195184#comment-1834036 What is the Difference Between 365 nm and 395 nm UV LED Lights?
https://www.waveformlighting.com/tech/what-is-the-difference-between-365-nm-and-395-nm-uv-led-lights?fbclid=IwY2xjawEkxiFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbQ5AqVuhwrpfoZjYIdbcGS7878TnU4qs6Z9fh81MArkDo-UQtXayJrdig_aem_EUF5le8KYf2Dx_LtqdCrnQ

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