A DJ T bar, how to keep the cables tidy.

0:00 In this video what we're going to be talking about is these guys here

Alright folks, in this video what we're going to be talking about is these guys here. Gaffer tape, these are known as cable ties, they look like that. T-bar, a light and basically me explaining the best way to actually set up a t-bar. Now then, there's a guy called A Thompson. Now he emailed me and he basically said right I've got a problem, I've got a t-bar, I've got some lights on it and what's happening... He's finding that all the cables are like dangling all over the place and what do you do with them because they look untidy, unsightly and of course the trouble is at the end of the day it could be a health hazard because all you need is someone to knock into that or something like that and you could have serious problems alright. We're getting into insurance and all that sort of stuff. Now then, cable ties and gaffer tape, I'll tell you now, are the DJ's best friends.

If you can see, it's a piece of plastic, OK, and you've got a hole in it there. What you can do, if you notice, you can put the one end inside there. Now I'm not going to do it at the moment because when it gets to a certain point it locks tight. So theoretically that cable tie can go around something that big but as you pull it through the hole, the small hole there, if you can just see it, This circle reduces in size, carries on reducing until eventually it can go down to virtually zilch. And it locks it in place, alright? Now then, check this out, okay. Let's say all of a sudden, right, we've got all this set up, we've got the cable in the back of the light. Now then what do we do with all of this, alright? Well, cable ties, you watch. Very simple. We have the cable right against the actual T-bar. Now I'm going to get a cable tie.

1:53 Very quickly with regards to T-bar and lighting

I'm going to wrap it around the actual T-bar and the cable, secure it, give it a good old pull like that, and then bingo. Now then, what I need to do then is get maybe another one and tie it behind the T-bar. There you go. Now the thing is, the beauty about this, you can have half a dozen lights on the top of the T-bar, dependent of course on the fact that the T-bar can handle that amount of weight, You can have all the cables behind the T-bar, no one can see unsightly cables all over the place. Very quickly with regards to T-bar and lighting. Now then, think of it from this principle, okay? Let's face, I'm going to face sideways. Now you imagine a lot of people, they'll put lighting at this level, facing forward, okay? If you've got a dance floor full of people, what's going to happen is basically the lights are going to hit those people and they're not going to go any further.

3:16 Put it up high, not too high

If you've got lights on the floor, what's going to happen is the lights are going to shoot up at people, hit them in the face, no one behind them is going to see any of the lights. If you have lights above you, facing down at that sort of angle, at a 45 degree angle, then everyone is going to see the lights. That's why you've got the likes of a T-bar. Never ever put a T-bar in front of the DJ setup. Because it only takes an idiot to walk into it and then you've got a nightmare on your hands because all that will happen is everything will fall over, broken lights and of course the trouble is then you've got someone with a light in their head. Always make sure the likes of a teabar is behind you, out of reach from drunken punters because that is the worst thing in the world. And again, the teabar is there for a reason.

Put it up high, not too high. You've got to make sure as well that it is sturdy. You don't want to overcrowd it with loads of lights, lots of weight and have it very wobbly and unsecure. Make sure it's secure, okay? So this guy here is well situated. And again, if you look at my height now, if this is actually behind me, you can see there's my head height. There's the actual light. So I'm not in the way of that light. The light is going to shoot. Thank you for watching, practice and enjoy.

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