History
The lamp used in this fixture was originally used in lighthouses.
What is a fresnel?
When purchasing a Leko lamp, you're going to want to make sure you have the correct wattage. These two 3 digit numbers are the ones you're most likely to see on the oblong box.
What are 575 and 750?
A fixture's channel number on a plot can be found inside this shape.
What is a circle?
With offices on 9th Avenue, ETC, short for this, has an archive of old products and a reservable programming suite.
What is Electronic Theatre Controls?
This is the starting address you'll need on your 4 circuit Lep pack for the lights in dimmers 412 and 414.
What is 411 OR 412?
This is the origin of the name 'Leko', which is otherwise a nonsense word.
What are the creators' last names? (LEvy and KOok)
You may want to call on Feist to help you remember how many filaments are in the lamp of a Leko.
What is 4?
This keystroke saves you time when going to save your showfile.
What is [Shift] + [Update]?
What is high performance lamp?
Perhaps Rudolph can tell you what color screw is hot during your wiring projects.
What is gold?
You can thank Karl Peterson for inventing this tool that lighting technicians use every day.
What is a crescent wrench?
This mechanism lets you change the placement of the lamp in a Fresnel. You may also have used it a couple of weekends ago in Central Park.
What is a sled?
This piece of paperwork organizes all the fixtures in a plot by hanging position.
What is an instrument schedule?
The rapper DMX got his name from a 1980s drum machine. In lighting, the same three letter abbreviation stands for this.
What is digital multiplex?
Patching a fixture to the 321st address of the 3rd universe can be accomplished by typing 3/321 or this 4-digit number.
What is 1345?
This creation by USITT in 1986 changed the trajectory of stage lighting.
What is DMX?
When a Leko barrel is run sharp, this blueish hue may appear around the circular beam.
What is chromatic aberration?
If you ever wonder what it's like to be on comms with a lighting designer, play an episode of this podcast released by ETC.
What is "On Headset"?
What is GPC?
When you're prepping color for a show, this is how many cuts of 6.25" cuts you can get out of a single sheet of gel.
What is 9?
The first lighting console dates back to the 1930s, but this ETC console that was the first to use micro-processor-based memory debuted in 1976.
Using a 750w lamp in a 575w cap will cause the lamp to burn out faster. This safety mechanism on the 750w lamp's base helps prevent this simple mistake.
What is an extra pin?
You're living a life of luxury with this ETC console that has both encoder wheels and buttons for different types of palettes.
What is an Ion?
When all else fails in your troubleshooting endeavors, you might want to make sure you don't have an HIAG, or this 4 word nomenclature.
What is High Impedance Air Gap?
This blue and white power connector has some unique capitalization in its name, which must be correct to earn points on this question.
What is powerCON?