At June-06-95, Barry Burke wrote to Kurt J. Tischer about: Re:
 KJT>> Most of the time, I don't need to worry about these things
 KJT>> because I was just hooking into a 100v receptacle at a bar, but I'm
 KJT>> getting into more and more festival work so I too will be sure to
 KJT>> check all connections before powering up.
 BB> A bar is the place YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK! 
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 BB> TEST EVERY POINT YOU CONNECT TO AC BEFORE MAKING THE CONNECTION!
 BB> ALWAYS!
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Hi Barry,
let me jump in here and tell you my little story...  :-)
Some time ago, one of Germany's best known live-engineers had to call back
home saying something like: 'Hey guys, you don't mind sending me another
20 d&b amps by taxi, don't you? I will need them in about 3 hours... '.
Nope, it wasn't me! I do only turn around monitor-knobs sometimes ;-)
So Kurt, wherever you are: ALWAYS CHECK THE SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO PLUG IN!
It's not even one minute - your equipment should be worth the time.
Even in the old country, where everything is supposed to work fine, we do
this already automatically. ;-)))
 'til nexttime
       Chris Horn       º  FidoNet   2:241/505.4
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