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Water, Lights, Safety?
Old 06-13-2006, 08:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Someone pointed out to me that I did a very stupid thing a few months ago... I used a couple of Alien Bee monolights powered by their Vagabond battery pack for some pool shots. I was very careful, using the ground wire connected to a good ground and there were no other people around who might have tripped over wires or caused accidents and the pack and lights were always kept in dry areas. But was it dangerous?

I've now got a Hensel Porty Premium AS/RC pack and (the new) EH1200 heads. That's not AC, right? Just DC? Is this any safer around water? There's not even a grounding method (like there was with the Alien Bee Vagabond pack). Is this any safer to use around water?

I couldn't find any info about this in my searches.

Thanks for any comments...

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