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Hazer Lighting / Foggers and Hazers    A Smoke Machine or Fogger is an electrical device that creates clouds of artificual and hopefully non-toxic fog. The fog may come in different colors or smells and may be water or mineral based. It is used for effects in theatre, staging, concerts and clubs. A Hazer by contrast create a more diffusive, expansive haze that is usually not a thick and is used     more...   Buy Used Hazers for sale here    Headsets and Beltpacks Audio /    Headsets are simply headphones with an attached mic, usually a noise canceling condenser mic, used for communicating with other crew members during a show or production. Beltpacks provide power to the headset and allow it to be used remotely.      more...      Hertz /    A unit of measure for frequency generally applied to waveforms, one Hertz is equal to one cycle in one second. It is abbreviated Hz so that 100 Hz would be 100 cycles per second. However, the unit may be applied to periodic events other than waveforms like the second hand on a clock, which would cycle at 1 Hz, or a human heart that may beat at 1.2 Hz. Nam     more...      Hoist Staging / Motors    A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or barrel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. A hoist normally is used for lifting (near vertical) and a winch is normally used for pulling (near horizontal).      more...   Buy Used Hoists for sale here    House Lights Lighting / Conventional    House lights are incandescent or fluorescent floodlights. House lights provide light for the audience before and after performances and during intermissions. Work lights provide general lighting backstage, or in the house. House lights are often controlled by dimmers, but are sometimes on simple switches. Work lights are almost always switched only. House an     more...