Cowboy-action power distribution
Inspired by the cowpokes of the Oakland Zoo, this three phase voltage tester fits snugly into a golf cart cup holder.
Seventy two hours of cylindrical confusion
Friday, October 25, 2024, 9:45 pm
After a long day of troubleshooting L2120 cable, the team had come to the conclusion that the vendor company had wired a setpiece into a suicide circuit, with two male ends plugged into the same doghouse. After replacing the doghouse, the blue leg was still dead. Replace the cable. Still dead. Replace the cable again. Now it works.
“Well now, that’s enough to make me wanna walk. Wouldn’t it be cool if you guys could cook up some little device that shows all three legs of a service at the same time? That’d be real sweet. Maybe by monday? Great! Lookin forward to seein the solution.”
Initially, the yeti tester was designed to get a certain texan off my back. The v1 was essentially a tube with three displays and a vinyl sticker that (mis)indicated the three legs of an l2120 circuit.
The current iteration of the design swaps the vinyl sticker out for witness windows with a resin component that can be marked with a sharpie for each leg (xyz) in the event that the cable is wired incorrectly. It is also able to be built for L2130 as well as L2120, making it backwards compatible with a lot of older 20A theatrical gear.
The Baboom bronco
The Texan in question has a way of saying little -ism’s that haunt you well after the last day of the gig. He is also very passionate about his Bronco and off-roading. This one-of-one Yeti tester was built specially for him as a gift for kicking off the creation of the Yeti.
