Stage Lighting The Fundamentals

Sidebar 3.4: Designer Considerations for Color and Light — Sidebar 3.5: Designer Profile: Mark Stanley — For Further Reading — Part Two-Light: The Tools — 4 Electricity — Sidebar 4.1: Designer Profile: John Martin — Basics of Electricity — Atomic Theory — Electrical Potential — Conductors and Insulators — Grounding — Units of Measurement and Essential Formulas — Units of Measure — Power Formula (West Virginia) and Ohm’s Law — Common Electrician Calculations — Sidebar 4.2: Practical Examples of Electrical Problems — Sidebar 4.3: Determination of Lamp Load — Fundamental Circuits — Series Circuits — Parallel Circuits — Direct Current Versus Alternating Current — Direct Current (DC) — Alternating Current (AC) and Power Generation — Transformers — Power Distribution — Electrical Services — Electrical Hardware — Wire — Sidebar 4.4: Common Wire Gauges and Rated Capacities — Cables — Data Cables — Sidebar 4.5: Working with Cables — Switches — Circuit Protection — Dimmers — Company Switches and Distribution Panels — Theatrical Distribution — Sidebar 4.6: Tapping into Company Switches — Troubleshooting Electrical Problems — Sidebar 4.7: A Guide to Electrical Troubleshooting — Sidebar 4.8: Electrical Safety — For Further Reading — 5 Lamps and Other Light Sources — Lumens, Watts, and Lamp Life — Lamps and Color — Incandescent Lamps — Filaments — Bulbs — Bases — Tungsten-Halogen or Quartz Lamps — Sidebar 5.1: Light Center Length (LCL) — ANSI Codes — Arc Light Sources — Limelight — Carbon-Arc — Short-Arc and High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps — Short-Arc Lamps — High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps — Gaseous Discharge Lamps — Fluorescent Lamps — Low-Voltage Lamps — Solid-State Light Sources — LEDs — Sidebar 5.2: Designer Profile: Robert (Rob) Gerlach — Plasma Lamps — Non-Traditional Light Sources.