POWER

Power - One thing alot of first time planners do not think about is the power needs of the vendors.

More equipment = more power = more cost

Meaning anything above a small setup will require extra power, and most of the time we will need to use an in house power hookup panel if they have one or we will have to bring in a generator.

Lighting is your biggest power consumer, then sound, video, and last coffee machines and heaters for food. Most, if not all, of our events require the extra power. If the event is in a hotel, they will charge you extra for the power drops needed (we will let you know what drops we need). Sometimes they may discount or waive the power cost to keep your business. You will have to search around, but you will find places that include the power in their room price. Otherwise we can bring in a generator to supply the power. In some cases we will run one generator for all, but we like to keep sound and lighting on separate generators.

 

Generator - The generators we are talking about are not the little 20amp / 2400w hand crank throw in the back of the pickup ones. What we need, depending on design is from 25KW up to 200KW. The reason I'm telling you this, is because we have shown up to event sites where the school said they would supply the generator and they only have a hand crank one that can only power up two lights. Creative BackStage and other lighting companies work along with many power companies, so let the lighting company bring in the power that is needed.

Before any power is ordered, please let us know if any other vendors will need power. The most common situation is after setup the catering company comes up and needs a 208v plug in. That happens too many times.

MCC 05 Graduation - Dual generator for lighting and sound - this event needed larger generator, most of the time they will be smaller