1. Notes taken from Gillette’s Designing with Light

2.  2 components  Conductor  Solid - permanent  Stranded - more flexible  Insulator  Stage wiring  Stranded copper with rubber insulator (S, SO),  durable  Stranded copper with thermoplastic insulator (ST, STO)  Heat resistant

3.  American Wire Gauge (AWG)  Rates wire according to amount of current that a conductor of a particular size and composition can carry  12 gauge cable rated at 20 amperes is most common in stage lighting

4.  Plug  The male portion of a connecting device  Receptacle  Female portion of a connecting device

5.  Twist Lock  Stage Pin  Edison

6.  Cable Clamping Device  Internal  External

7.  Two-fer  Electrical Y  2 female receptacles at the top  1 male plug at the bottom  2 lights into one circuit  Three-fer

8.  Permanent Wiring  Easy to operate  Not flexible  Work lights

9.  Spidering  Direct cabling  Run cable directly from each dimmer to each instrument

10.  Connecting Strip  Sections of wireway or electrical gutter containing a number of circuits  Drop Box - small connecting strip, 4-8 circuits, clamped to a pipe or boom  Floor Pocket - Connecting box 3-6 circuits, mounted flush with floor  Wall Pocket - Similar to floor but mounted on wall

11.  Patch Panel  Interconnecting device capable of connecting or patching any circuit to any dimmer  Can patch multiple circuits into a dimmer as long as it does not overload circuit  Usually has circuit breakers integrated

12.  Connecting Strip and Patch Panel  Benefit  Fast Circuiting  Flexible - any circuit patched to any dimmer

13.  Dimmer per circuit  Efficient electrical distribution system  Combination of the combination strip and permanent wiring