Normally I would be walking about backstage on this show, fixing things or preparing stuff for going out on the stage. But this year most of the crew have a list of cues that are keeping us busy.<...
2024-08-15 02:19:47 +0000 UTC View Post
These lights are so new that they didn't even have flightcases for them. Instead they were shipped to us in their sealed cardboard boxes.
They're interesting lights, but the Nandos in partic...
2024-08-15 02:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We got a report that one of our lights was behaving oddly. It's part of a group of seven that normally operate in sync, but this one was seen to take an odd path to some of its positions and shake...
2024-08-15 02:07:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Pifco is a very old British electrical brand that appears to have been bought by a company called Sabichi.
This is a surge protected extension I bought to check out the surge shunting circuit...
2024-08-13 13:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Vince the crew chief on this job often travels around the world with his work. While in Cambodia he bought this light purely for us to take apart.
The charging circuitry is extremely minimal...
2024-08-13 03:55:50 +0000 UTC View Post
As part of the job, I maintain the shady electronics of the Indian act's costumes. This year the quality is much better, although these headpieces still use a cluster of three 18650 cells to power...
2024-08-12 13:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the fairly enthusiastic Indian performance at this years Tattoo, viewed in rehearsal without an audience and then with an audience.
First video from the current work accommodation. It's not got an ideal location for making videos.
The room is literally designed tightly around the bare minimum space for a bed, en-suite cu...
2024-08-08 15:12:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This "riser" or podium is a centrepiece for one of the acts in the show. We have two sections of RGB LED neon at the top and bottom, which are powered by battery packs and a wireless data link to ...
2024-08-08 12:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The Titan tubes are addressable wireless light tubes that are used along the sides of the arena, and then picked up and used by the dancers in a later part of the show, before they carry them off a...
2024-08-04 19:06:13 +0000 UTC View PostFirst run of the show with an audience today. We've all got several cues on the stage this year, so it's going to be busy.
Once the show has been revealed to the public I can hopefully show ...
2024-08-01 03:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It seemed a logical thing to do. I decided not to go full "wedgie" though.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7awsk...
2024-07-30 12:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes you get odd projection spill like this in the most unexpected places.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f...
2024-07-30 12:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't show any of the actual projected content until the show actually runs. But I can show you short snippets of the projectors running.
Patreon have just changed something again, so thi...
2024-07-30 12:45:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Not that I'm monetising it anyway, but YouTube says that this video is demonetised for being advertiser unfriendly.
This was from about a week ago during the load in of the lighting on the show.
We had a few issues this year, including the main equipment lift breaking down, and then out first crane had a t...
2024-07-29 13:32:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We had some pretty violent weather during the load in, but that's just something that happens.
Pot Noodle is my usual emergency food at work when the hours are long.
A quick look inside one of the new haze machines we have on the show. These have a stunningly fast 5 second heat-up time and use a glycerol based concentrate to create controllable levels of haze ...
2024-07-26 14:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Very basic, but functional indicator units for mounting on DIN-rail in electrical panels..
Worst of the show load-in is done, so hopefully I can get an improvised video area set up.
Work has been heavy going, so I managed to fall asleep at the keyboard about four times while posting the last video here. This time I'm awake, so here's a very lazy video I pre-recorded of a very...
2024-07-20 12:06:12 +0000 UTC View Post
An interesting "vintage" ioniser with some unusual design features.
I'm trying to catch snippets of videos at work, but the long hours are limiting when I can film stuff.
I made this video a while ago, but didn't release it. I didn't think it met my usual deep-dive standards. I was also travelling, and adding a VERY heavy traditional rack amplifier to my luggage w...
2024-07-16 17:49:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Poundland often sells off excess stock of things like this, that have been withdrawn from the posh outlets due to errors in the instructions.
This reminds me of the USB socket that was recall...
2024-07-14 12:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.twitch.tv/bigclivedotcom
2024-07-13 04:57:47 +0000 UTC View Post
When I originally made a video about these units I was warned that it might fail, and that's probably why they were selling them off cheaply.
It has failed, and the mode of failure is intrigu...
2024-07-12 11:10:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A look at Poundland's biggest solar light. It's got a really nice large-diameter globe for other projects like an ambient night light.
I've also included a script in the description for maki...
2024-07-10 13:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostI've been making more videos than normal to cover the start of upcoming work, and already have a large number you've seen - but haven't yet been released for public viewing yet.
I have some rece...
The main feature of this is that it prevents faulty devices from exploding , but there's still a high risk of the factory worker exploding when they use it.
Given how hard it is to get tradit...
2024-07-09 04:59:21 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.twitch.tv/bigclivedotcom
2024-07-06 20:11:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I decided to test how many LEDs the boost circuit in a standard solar garden light can drive in series.
See if you can guess how many it will drive before I do the experiment.