I got mine for 50$. The guy has a huge system, and had four of these. This one clogged and he never used it again. Same with my roboscans, 75 each because they had a broken mirror. And I picked up a 12 channel mixer, audio snake and mic cables to run to china for only 10$. Moral of the story- do your research. Used highend equip is better than new mediocre crap. And it helps if your young. The older guys want to see young blood in the system. (but hate the hacks charging under 100 a gig).
Also for me I haven't really had the urge to get it going, because most places I work don't alow hazers, just keep that in mind, find out if it is even worth buying- maybe invest the money in some other equip or music.
Yet another update about the haze machine. The asshats at Chauvet literally know nothing about their lights. I took the side casing off the hazer to see if I could figure out why the thing always thought it was low. Turns out their were bubbles all over the line setting the Ir sensor off.
Because the units are shipped empty on fluid the IR sensor will ultimately go off for everyone. Because the units fluid pumps are a strange type of servo pump that pumps a very very tiny amount it takes forever to get all of the fluid through and bubbles out. Now I have the IR sensor part working but now the heater is only spewing out a little haze and a lot of fluid for some reason. There is a manual reset thermal switch that resets when the heater cools down which seems to be tripping because the heater does not get the fluid it needs do to the empty pipes problem the units have. So I am stuck right now trying to figure out if I need a new heater again and where I can rent a haze machine from for next Friday in the Troy area.
Any help on that.
Nobody has a clue where a rental place is in Ohio?
Found about a dozen. What city are you in?
http://www.google.com/search?q=Stage...rlz=1I7ADFA_en
Well I just got it running! What it was was the pump power supply had a pot that needed adjustment on the pcb, just some turns of that and it started spewin haze! It was cool because if you over adjusted it, hot webs of haze fluid shot out. For the 30 seconds I ran it it filled my upstairs (where it was) to the point where seeing distance is 10 ft. Pretty impressive for the cubic foot of real estate it takes up!Originally Posted by Johnnotestine
If anyone has problems with the fluid pump there is a Blue pot just above the fan on the pcb, turn it ccw. (On other forums people had this question so maybe the search wizards will find this message). Great customer service by le maitre, replied to my email within 24 hrs. And was descriptive enough to help me out, even though the product is 11 yrs old!
Is $600 too much for a used Neutron XS?
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Glad you got it running and it was easy!
Let me know how it does at a gig. I have had a crazy week of bookings and might be buying subs (Danley TH-118) and hazer (TBD) sooner than expected.
The one on e-bay right now? It looks like it's in very good shape and comes full of fluid (about $50 worth so he's really only asking $550 for it). Sounds about right especially if professional looks are important to you. I was looking at that too. Think I might just save up for a radiance to get the variable output and dmx.
I've seen some neutrons go for $300- $375 but they looked like they served in afganistan, had missing covers and handles, dents, spay paint on them, sold as is, etc. Ok for a permament install if you can hide them and are willing to work on them.
yeah that one. I was debating the same thing as well. I may just wait and go for the radiance.
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