What is the equivalent of a 2.5HMI to tungsten

1) Scrims, nets, move it backwards. All possible ways.

2) No. There could be several outlets on a single circuit. Your circuit breaker box should tell you which rooms are on which circuits.

There is, however, usually only one GFCI outlet per circuit. (Not that every circuit has one.) If you're plugging into those, you're usually on separate circuits.
 
Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it. Almost all the projects I've worked on thus far have been 1k lights max. I have an upcoming shoot where I'm working with a (genuine, for a change) professional gaffer for the first time(thank god or I'd be screwed) and I'm trying to educate myself on higher end and more powerful lighting systems so I don't go in blind.

So my assumption after all of this would be if you want to run anything with a higher wattage you need a generator that allows for it since the circuits in a house don't support the higher wattage?
 
David Jimerson said:
1) Scrims, nets, move it backwards. All possible ways.

2) No. There could be several outlets on a single circuit. Your circuit breaker box should tell you which rooms are on which circuits.

There is, however, usually only one GFCI outlet per circuit. (Not that every circuit has one.) If you're plugging into those, you're usually on separate circuits.
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All correct and some GFI circuits are very touchy and really don't like the striking process of an HMI.
 
David Jimerson said:
There is, however, usually only one GFCI outlet per circuit. (Not that every circuit has one.) If you're plugging into those, you're usually on separate circuits.
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"usually" being the operative word here... some codes allow for outlets in series downstream from a GFCI outlet which share GF protection; it's not uncommon for electricians or homeowners to install outlets down (or up) stream from a GFI as well, in parallel (to get more outlets from a breaker). Never assume, keep a simple plug-in outlet tester in whichever case comes to all of your gigs and test what's on the breaker (I live in a 1930's house; there are stray outlets on circuits in different rooms...)
 
No, I mean if you're plugging something into a GFCI and something else into another GFCI, you're most likely on separate circuits. And of course I said "usually," because maybe not. But . . . likely.
 
I guess I'm a little puzzled by this. GFCIs are mandated for outdoors, crawl spaces, garages, outbuildings, kitchens, bathrooms, etc., but they wouldn't necessarily be on separate branch circuits. For example, a kitchen must have two 20A small appliance branch circuits but could have many outlets with GFCIs. A bathroom could have one 20A circuit but several receptacles. It is true that a single GFCI can be wired to protect other receptacles too but I usually see GFCIs for every kitchen outlet. From the famous Mike Holt on the National Electrical Code
 
I guess they could, but I haven't seen it. My kitchen is two years old; it has two 20-amp circuits with 9 outlets between them, 6 of them countertop, and has only 1 GFCI per circuit. That has been pretty typical from what I've seen.
 
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