Operation Manual Blanket-Lite 6 x 6
The Blanket-Lite 6x6 consists of sixteen 6ft high output lamps powered by four Mega 4Bank ballasts. Lamps are spaced along two ratchet straps on 4 ½ inch centers. The Blanket-Lite mounts onto a 6x6 pipe frame and works by itself or in conjunction with diffusion materials, silver reflector or soft egg crate louver. No Tools required for assembly.
The Pipe Frame Assembly consists of: 4 Frame Corners 4 Frame Pipes 12 Frame Clip Pins 2 Frame Ears No tools are required to assemble the frame. Depress pins on the frame corners and twist until they mate with holes in the Frame Pipe. Once attached to the Pipe, Frame Corners should all be facing the same way. Frame Pipe Frame Corner Frame Ear Clamp the two frame ears between the two arrows found midway on the pipe frame. Face in the same direction as the frame corners.
The Blanket-Lite should travel with lamps preloaded. 1) It is recommended to mount the frame between two stands. Tilt the top edge of the frame over the open shipping case. Pull the Blanket-Lite straps out of the box leaving the Blanket-Lite in it’s case. 2) Line up Blanket-Lite straps with the black Velcro on the pipe frame. Line up the straps’ red line with the red arrow of the tube. This ensures lamps are evenly spaced out within the pipe frame. Tighten loop down to the pipe frame.
6) Draw up any slack in the strap and tighten by drawing down the ratchet lever until tight. To give rigidity to the BlanketLite insert 4 pins through the pipe frame into the two horizontal Blanket-Lite harness tubes. One end of the harness tubes require the pins to be inserted through the strain relief disc. Insert the remaining 8 pins at 90 degrees to the frame. These pins support additional accessories.
Use the Harness Velcro straps to secure the harnesses to the frame. Apply the silver cloth reflector by looping the elastic corner ties around each corner. Orient the reflector so that the Velcro strips on the reflector line up with the Velcro on the Lamp harness tubes. Elastic loops hold the diffusion material to the corner posts.
The pins along the middle of the frame provide additional support to the diffusion. Each corner of the Louver has an adjustable Velcro loop. Loosely hang the two top corners of the louver around the frame’s upper corner posts. Set the tension of the louver by adjusting the four Velcro loops.
Further tension and support is provided by the adjustable elastic loops along the edge of the louver. Using the Mafer Clamp mount the Hanger onto the stand. Slide the Tray onto the Hanger. Connect the extension cables to the harnesses and ballasts. (see Page 9) The ballast Tray can be moved with the Blanket-Lite and Frame.
To insert the cable, align the key ways on the extension cable with the circular receptacle on the ballast. Rotate the locking ring until it clicks into the lock position. Lamps can operate as far as 75 feet from the ballast. (3 x 25ft extensions) WARNING! 1) ALWAYS TURN OFF THE BALLAST BEFORE connecting or disconnecting Lamps, Harnesses or Extension Cables. 2) Use only with Sine wave inverters. Do not operate on SCR dimmers. 3) If powering the ballasts through a Dimmer Pack set the Dimmer to Non-Dim Mode.
Lamp Switch O C O C O C O C O C O C O C O C To alternate the lamps turn either 2 center switches 2 & 3 off or 2 outer switches 1 & 4 off. This will result in an on/off pattern for an even 1 f Stop drop in light output. O C C O Lamp Select Feature The Mega Select Ballasts have a HO / STD switch. Set the Selector Switch to HO for full light output. The STD setting can be used to lower the light level by a ½ f Stop.
The Blanket-Lite consists of four wiring harnesses that power sixteen, 6ft HO lamps. You must follow the color-coding to achieve light level control features (discussed in Ballast section). Note: The easiest way to mount lamps is if the Blanket-Lite Ratchet straps have already been attached to the Frame. Velcro loops hold lamps to the straps. Important! The color-code on both ends of the lamp must be the same, and both ends must be securely connected BEFORE turning on power.
MTP-BKT-400 MTP-BKT-500 Frame Corner Frame Pipe 232022 MTP-AME58 Blanket-Lite Ratchet Strap Mafer clamp MTP-KP 3090010 Hanger Ballast Tray 2110001 3090009 Tray Velcro Strap Ballast Case PRT-HLC Lamp Connector 12
KAS-6X6 Part Number Description KAS-6X6 Blanket-Lite Ship Case KAS-6X6F Dimensions KAS-4MB Weight (Empty) Holds 78.5” x 10.5” x 14” 28 lb / 12.6 Kg 210cm x 27cm x 31cm Blanket-Lite 6X6 (1) KAS-6x6-F Blanket-Lite 74” x 9” x 12.5” 34 lb / 15.5 Kg Frame Ship Case 188cm x 23cm x 32cm Blanket-Lite Frame (1) KAS-4MB Blanket-Lite Ballast Mount and ship case 25” x 13” x 17.5” 29 lb / 13.1 Kg Mega Ballast(4) 6.3.5cm x 33cm x 44.
Bal-410-M120 Input Voltage: 120 VAC 50/60Hz Output Frequency: 25kHz Amperage: 4 X 5.7A = 22.8A Lamp switching: 4-1/off Output Switching: HO / STD Ballast size: 13” X 9. 5” X 2.5” 33cm X 24cm X 6.5cm Weight: 5.8lb / 2.6Kg BAL-410-M230 Input Voltage: 230 VAC 50/60Hz Output Frequency: 25kHz Amperage: 4 X 2.8A = 11.2A Lamp switching: 4-1/off Output Switching: HO / STD Ballast size: 13.5” X 9.5” X 2.5” 34.5cm X 24cm X 6.6cm Weight: 6.5lb / 2.9Kg Environmental: Disposal of Old Electrical & Electronic Equipment.
