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We had good and bad results. We had 160 cakes and 256 finale shells, plus about 120 roman candles, all on 10 Cobra 18M modules set to music. ...

That's a good video for demonstrating the need for proper safety planning, and having necessary equipment on site. Good too that they had that skid...

If this was set off by removing e-match from a shell, it really brings home the risk associated with pyro products. I've never had to remove one I'd...

Here is searchable map of every Consumer Fireworks store in the State of Pennsylvania ....

. . When something like this happens , expect your home to be raided as part of the investigation.

interesting - would like more info

I’ve tested a bunch of lights over the years, including the top 8 recommended models on eBay and the one that keeps standing out is the U`King...

welcome to pyro talk. hope to meet you some day. maybe consider joining a club? I belong to a club call CAROLINA PYROS. They have 2 club shoots...

Thanks so much for the welcome! And certainly appreciate the info on the Cobra firing system. I ended up going Firelinx (placed order yesterday) and...

Here are some pictures of our set up.

Thank you for the information. I did leave the jumper fuse kind of dangling in the breeze. Looking at the remaining cakes, I think a shell might of...

Excellent show! Compound cakes. First of all you have to tuck the connection away from the tubes or it will blow apart. A lot of folks just tuck...

Hello Jason! I am also in TN and am returning to Pyrotalk from a long hiatus (So Long I had to re-register). I've been doing family fireworks shows...

I'll daisy chain slats using DB25 cables, I just avoid using splices on the actual igniters. Have had minimal problems doing so, save for a bad DB25...

My shows always contain many, many, many, Series connections. You can't be afraid of making those connections, but you need a reliable connection...

That is still the case Dave. No new magazines.

I've never used scotchlocks when wiring fireworks yet, as I like to operate on the assumption that the fewer splice points (or connectors) there are,...

I use scotchloks by the 100’s to add scab wire and have never had a problem. As others have said you may have used the wrong sized connectors but it...

If they are brand name scotchloks and the correct ones used for the wire size i'm pretty suprised. I had issues with the no name scotchloks but...

Yea, ya gotta think about wire size, I have, for over 30yrs,,, ;) used a tool from the phone companies for "J / K" wire, called a Pick-a-Bond from...

Had an excellent 4th here. Only lit off a few of my own things earlier in the evening to scratch the itch. Ended up going to a major municipal show...

Are you referring to the gel-filled insulation piercing type Scotch lock splices that used to be common on phone line and security system wiring? I'm...

Fingers, eyes, and hearing still intact. It was a good 4th.