Yea... That again...
So we did mock-ups of two posts and a pair of rails for the designer, producer and sound guy to check out... From earlier conversations I figured we were ok, if not ideal... They were using a speaker that didn't have a built in amp so we didn't have to run power to them... I checked that because the only way to fit the speaker in the post was to take apart the rather large connection that sticks out the back of the damn thing... I sure as hell wouldn't take apart a power plug, but speaker cable is low voltage and it'd just be annoying...
Apparently nobody spoke to the sound guy regarding this... They all came in and then set about trying to convince me that it was ok to take apart a 110 volt connection and leave it just taped in place... Um, not on your life was my basic reaction... We actually argued at length about it... In the end we reached a consensus, which means I almost got my way... They are only going to take the very back off the connector, which leaves all the wiring covered, and the connection locked in place... I will build the post a tad larger, and make the back panel thinner to make it all fit together without ruining the design concept...
We could have avoided all this if they had just gotten the information I had asked about very clearly to me 2 weeks ago... Now, all is well, but I look like someone that is inflexible... Hell I don't give a damn if the sound guy electrocutes himself screwing around with open wiring... The problem is that since the post is a full enclosure, I become liable, because the speaker is now an associated part of the whole... Hell the post is all wood, so there is almost no chance of a problem... Its that almost that set me off...
Whatever... We start making posts next week...
Posted by Backstage at December 2, 2005 06:06 PM | TrackBack