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    User Man ual Software Version 1.19 Revised 6/ 2003[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 2[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 3 Table of contents i Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5 ii Unpacking .......................................................................................[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 4 3.10.5 Display ( DIS P ) ..................................................................................... 22 3.10.6 Fixture Temperature ( TEMP ) ................................................................ 22 3.10.7 Fan Control ( FANS )[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 5 INTRODUCT ION : Congra tulations, yo u have just purchase d one of the most innovative and reliab le lighting fixtures on the mar ket today! The Power Wash 250 B™ has been d esigned to perform r eliably for years wh en the gu idelines in this [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 6 WARRANTY R E GISTRA TION: The Power Wash 2 50B™carries a two ye ar (730 days) lim ited warranty. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to va lidate your purcha se. All r eturned service items whe ther under warranty or n ot, mu st be fre [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 7 V. Safety Inst ructions The Powe r Wash 250B™ is an extremely sophisticated piece o f electron ic equipment. To guarantee a smooth op eration, it i s import ant to follow the g uidelines in this manu al. The manuf acturer of this device will n[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 8 1. Feat ures and Functi ons 1 2 3 4 1. Lens Assembly 2. A rm 3. B ase 4. Carrying handles 5. Up button 6. Down button 7. E nter button 8. Mode button 9. LED Di splay 10. Fir mware Connection 11. Micro phone Sensitivity 12. DMX Inpu t Jack 13. DM[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 9 1. Lens Asse mbly - T his high quality lens a ssembly is f ully focusing. Focu s the lens b y loosening the locking screws mou nted on the top and bot tom of the head assembly. Th en using th e screws to grasp the len s a ssembly, slide th e len[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 10 12. DMX I nput Ja ck – This jack is use d t o receive an incoming DM X signal or Master /Slave signal. 13. DMX Ou tput Jack – This jack is used to tra nsmit the incoming DMX signal to anothe r DMX fixture, or tr ansmit a Master/Slave signal[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 11 2.1 Mounting The POWER WASH 250B™ is fully operationa l in two diff erent mounting positions, hanging upside from a ceiling or set on a flat level surface . T o avoid interna l damage to the unit, ne ver mount the unit on its sid e as illustr[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 12 installation you can use the optional mou nting plate ( secured to t he bottom of the fixtur e) to secure t he fixture to a ceiling o r a wall. Th e plate use s four M6x20 screws. 3.2 Securing the POWER WAS H 250™ Regard less of the rigging o[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 13 3.3 Conn ections 3.3.1 Power supply 115v ~ 60Hz AC (America’s), Connected lo ad 500W <=> 4.4 A (blind curren t compen s ation) or 23 0V ~ 50Hz AC (EU), Connected lo ad 500W <=> 2.2 A (blind curren t compen s ation) Opera ting volt[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 14 contro ller require a standard 3 -pin XLR conn ector for data in put and d ata output (Figu re Below). If yo u are m aking your own cables, b e sure to use standard two conducto r shielded cable (T his cable m ay be purch ased at almost all pr [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 15 3.9 Fus e Requir ements The POWER WASH 250B™ electronic system is pro tected by a 5x20 mm ext ern al fuse. 11 5V / T 6.3A (US mode l) or 230V / T 3. 15A (EU model) . The fuse r equ irements are clearly printed on the side of the fixture. WARN[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 16 3 The Me nu Fiel d - The c ontr ol panel locat ed on the sid e of t he f ixture all o ws y ou to acces s t he main menu a nd mak e all n eces sa ry adj us tm ents t o th e POW E R WAS H 250™. Durin g norm al oper at ion, tap pin g th e “ MO[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 17 R E V This func tio n will f lip t h e dis play r ea d out 1 80 ˚ TEMP Display t h e fix ture’s i nt ernal te m perat u re FANS HIGH Maxi mu m c ool in g f an v eloc ity R E G Auto mat ic coo lin g f an co nt rol LOOF Low c o oli ng fan s pe[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 18 3.1 Adjus t the DMX- Address (D001) After applying po wer to t he POWER WASH 250B™ the LED will display the fixture’s current DMX address. If the fixture is not re ceiving a DMX signa l the display will flash con tinuously. D001 To set or a[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 19 3.4 Lamp On /Off (LAMP) LAMP This function a llows y ou to manu ally control the lamp opera tion. Access the lamp function in the main m enu and u se the use the Up and Do wn buttons to togg le between lamp On and lamp Off. Press the Ente r bu [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 20 This function allows you to invert all pan moveme nts. Use the U p and Down buttons to turn t his function On and Off . P ress the Enter button to accept the change or the Mode button to cancel and retu rn to the main menu . 3.9 Invert Tilt Mov[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 21 3.10.2 Lamp O n automatically (LAAU) LAAU This functio n automatically strikes lamp when main po wer is turned on. If you would p refer to strike the lamp t hrough a DMX controller yo u must turn this fun ction off. To toggle between Off and ON[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 22 Press Enter to co nfirm or Mode to cancel and retu rn to the menu. D ON Display On/Off ( If you've chosen off , the disp lay will go out within 15 seco nds after the last input. Th e n ext ke y tou ch will reactivat e the display). R E V T[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 23 3.10.8 Adjustme nts and Calibrations (ADJU) ADJU With this function you can adjust and calibrat e the positions of the different wheels and o ther motor s. This fea ture is r eserved for a se rvice techn icia n and is som etimes required after [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 24 3.10.10 Feedback (FEED) FEED The POWER WASH 2 50B™ is eq uipped with ”APC,” aut omatic position corre ction. T his fun ction a utomatically corrects the Pan and T ilt movement should the unit lose ste p or is obstructed an d force d to l [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 25 4. Oper ation Opera ting Modes: Th e Powe r Wash 2 50B™ can operate in three different m odes. T his next section will detail the differences in the o peratin g modes. • Stand alone mode - The f ixture will react to sound, chasing throug h [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 26 the aud io submenu. See page 16 for the men u breakdown. 4.2.3 I n the aud i o submenu cho ose the audio cha se speed, fast or slow. Slow ( ASLW ) will tr igger the chase sequ ence to e very two be ats, while fast ( AFST ) will tr igger the cha[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 27 5. DMX Cha nnel Sele ction (D MX Pro toc ol) Chan nel Func tion Time and Va lue DM X HE X % 1) PA N-coa r se 0.. 530 ° min. 2 .65 s 0..255 00..FF 0..100 2) PA N-f ine Low- Pos ... High- Po s + 2.1° (16 Bit) 0..255 00..FF 0..100 3) T ilt-c oar[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 28 Chan nel Func tion Time and Va lue DM X HE X % Color chase r C / C+2 slow – fas t 80..95 50..5F 32..37 PAN/ Tilt ch as er slow 96..111 60..6F 38..43 PAN/ Tilt ch as er fast 112..127 70..7F 44..50 La mp O FF (only if s hutter i s clo sed) ! 23[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 29 6. Service a nd Ma inte nan ce 6.1 Lamp Ch ange To en sure a smooth operation, please follow these instructions carefully. Safety Guidelines • Always d isconnect main power prior to per forming any service procedure! • Caution: Always repla[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 30 6.2 Removin g the Lamp 6.2.1 Be su re the unit is disconnected from it’s main power supply. 6.2.2 Re move the 3 retaining Phillips screws tha t secure the lam p cover to fixture chasis. 6.2.3 O nce the lamp cover is free, expo s e the lamp by[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 31 The lamp or ientation and o ptimization must be ad justed a fter every lamp change. T his proced ure cen ters the lamp in the r eflector. Proper optimization will in crease lam p life and ensur e a bright cr isp o utput. Improper o ptimization [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 32 7. Fuse Re placeme nt Caution : Always replace with the exact same t ype fuse, unless otherwise specified by an authorized Elation ® service technician . Replacing with anything o ther than t he specified part can damage your unit and will voi[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 33 8. Maintenan ce a nd Cleanin g the P OW ER W ASH 250B™ It is absolutely e ssential that the fixtu re is kept clean and that d ust, dirt, smoke, and fog- fluid re sidues do not built u p on or within the fixture. This will reduce the risk of p[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 34 Attention: • Never allow optical parts come into con tact with oi l, dirt, or grime. • Allow al l parts to dry co mpletely before att empt operation. • Never clean th e aspheric lens with water or other cleaners. Th e lens should be chang[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 35 9. Power Wash Color Wheel Orientation:[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 36 10. T e chnical Specification Pow er s upply Pow er c onsu m pti on 500 Wat t (blind cu rre nt co mp ens ated ) EU - m od el AC 23 0V / 50 Hz ~ Fuse prote cti on T3.15 A, 25 0V, 5x 20 m m (fi ne- w ire fus e) US - m od el AC 11 5V / 60 Hz ~ Fus[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 37 2 YEA R ( 730 D A YS) LIMI T ED W AR RAN TY A. E lation Professionals ® h ereby warrants, t o the original purchaser , Elat ion Professiona ls ® prod ucts to be free of manufa cturing defects in material and workm anship for a p eriod of two [...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 38 F. No war ranty, wh ether expressed or implied, is given or m ade wit h respect to a ny accessor y s upplied w ith product s described ab ove. E xcept t o the extent prohibited by applicab le law, all implied warranties made b y Elatio n Profes[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 39[...]

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    Power Wash 250™ ©Elation Pr ofessi onals® Los Ang eles, C a. - wwww.E lati onLightin g.com - Pa ge 40 Elation Profession al 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA. 90058 323-5 82-3322 / 323-582-3108 fax www.ElationLighting.co m / info@ElationLighitng.com[...]