Clay Paky Astrodisco 3

The original classic disco unit from Clay Paky!  Probably the unit that really made the vintage disco light scene!  With all of the classic units out there this one was actually pretty hard to find.  I have a coupe of Astrodisco 2 units (2 motors) but getting this one was a challenge.  This unit was pulled from an old club located in Milwaukee, WI named Amens.  It has been sitting for a while but I finally got some time to overhaul the unit. 

The Astrodisco 3 unit features 3 separate motors that move a central saucer in a tumbling and spinning motion.  There is a base motor for rotation, a side motor for tumbling and a motor on the saucer for spinning.  Motors are super high quality Crouzet from France.  All are on separate circuits (4 total) for better control.  Lamp is a central 24 volt, 150 watt FCS capsule halogen.  Great unit made in Italy!

F.A.L. Quasar 10 Units PF 077

A great pair of lighting units from f.a.l.!  These are the Quasar units that feature 10 X Philips 13 volt, 100 watt 4007 sealed beam par 46 lamps.  What is unique about these lamps are they were originally used on farm tractors and other applications so they have a dual filament.  With their original use they would use one filament for low beams and both for high (100 watts low & 200 watts high).  This lets you run them at 200 watts (2000 total) or 100 watts (1000 total) with all lamps lit.  If you choose to use a single filament then when one burns out then just swap the lead and you have a new bulb basically.  All lamps are wired in series so one lamp goes out they all go out.  I plan to add neon indicators to the unit so faulty lamps can be easily located.  The rotation motors are super high quality Elettrovago from Italy.  The side is a Mod.330N.  I am not sure what the base motor is as it has a large gearbox that covers the model number.  These motors are actually 220 volt so f.a.l. added a small step down transformer in the base so they will run at 110 volts.  It was much easier than locating and sourcing a different motor.  There were 2 versions of this unit made.  The difference was the lamp options.  This one is par 46 and the other was par 56.  The 56 allowed lamps from 100 to 300 watts to be installed.  I could only imaging the 300 watt version as total lamp output would be 3,000 watts and creating a ton of heat!  These units also feature removeable mounting trays for simplified mounting / installation.  These great units were made in Italy.