Electrical Firing Systems

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How about CHEAP!SHOT, the most affordable electric firing system around.

A lot of small display operators want to use electrical firing but can't afford the price of the available firing panels. Frankly, neither could we. Do you remember the old shver ad on TV - "I liked the company so much I bought it" ? Well, we disliked the price of the then-available products so much we started our own company!

CHEAP!SHOT is designed to be an affordable electric firing panel suitable for small shows. It has all the features one expects and needs from an electric firing system, some features some more expensive systems don't have, and since we are a small and hungry company, we'll add anything else you want (for a fair price).

Features

• Simple to use multiple ground system
• Easy to set up
• Fully NFPA 1123 compliant
• 24 V system (the more volts, the more power and the greater cable runs and/or more matches in a front)
• Addressable slats !
• compact
• Heavy Duty 16 gauge aluminum slats (not plastic)
• Power is provided either from 16 Alkaline Batteries in the case, or from external lead/acid batteries (customer option)
• Can be used in a daisy-chain, or the connectors on the 3x slats can be used to create branching networks.

Our Photo Gallery

• A close up of the right side of the panel, showing locking power toggle, key-controlled arm switch, audible alarm disable, battery test, and ground selection.

Pricing*

100 Cue system (Control Panel, slats, cables)	$995
400 Cue system! (Control panel, slats, cables)	$3210
80 Cue system (can be upgraded to 100 Cues using parts below at a later time)	$880
60 Cue system (can be upgraded)	$715
40 Cue system (can be upgraded)	$600
20 Cue system (can be upgraded)	$435
Basic control panel with 100' cable	$329
3X 20-Cue Slat* w/ 6' cable 3X Slat has 3 DB25's (1 cable in, 2 out) to create daisy chains or Y-junctions	$165
1X 20-Cue Slat* w/ 6' cable 1X Slat has 1 DB25 (1 cable in) can only terminate a chain.	$115
4X Splitter (with cables) The 4X splitter allows the CHEAP!Shot to fire anywhere from 120 to 400 cues. Of course, additional cables and slats must be purchased.	$85
100' Cable	$35
25' Cable	$25
6' Cable	$9

*Prices subject to change without notice. Prices current as of June 1999

FAQ - "Why can't I make my own?"

You can! We'll even sell you schematics, parts, and give you some advice on how to do it. However, it's not an evening's project. Be prepared to spend a lot of time drilling holes, filing the edges of square cutouts, soldering, etc... You should also realize that the final cost won't be a huge savings over buying the system from us- if we sell you the parts we have to make a fair profit, and if you buy the parts from some place like Radio Shack you will pay even more .

So why can make these things, sell em so cheap, and still make a fair profit? Simple - we own a slave labor camp in a third world country. Oh, wait, no, that's not it.

We can do it because we searched the electronics markets to find where we could buy the parts in bulk and get a good discount. We invested in labor saving machines and methods upfront. For example, we have a special machine to make the slats out of heavy duty 16 gauge aluminum, and it does it accurately and quickly. We have a printed ciruit board in the firing panel itself, and this makes assembly much more rapid than the individually wired switches and lights of some of the other systems. We do many other things to hold the costs down and facilitate production - just like Henry Ford did when he introduced the Model T. Finally, we are a young and hungry company, and we want to get your business through price, quality and customer satisfaction.

Some other people have told us that we don't have a nigh enough profit margin, and that we should ad 50 to 100% to our prices. Well, we have several responses to that:

• We think we are right, because
• we think we have enough markup.
• we want to sell a LOT of systems at a medium markup, rather than a few systems at a larger markup.
• if we sell enough systems we'll become an industry standard, and who can argue with that?
• On the other hand, if they are right, then we'll be going out of business soon, so you better order NOW because nobody will ever have this sort of price again. See, we can even make their predictions of doom work for us!