I mentioned a few weeks back that I would periodically give answers to common questions that I’m hearing. Last night I heard for the third time, “What’s the purpose of the smoke” during United on Sunday’s. First, it’s actually not smoke it’s a waterbased haze, but that’s besides the point. Second, the purpose is to make air visible. This makes beams of light visible and thus more effective. Without it you would have to actually look at the lights themselves to see movement…with it, you can see the lights reflecting off of it, thus give a better sense of movement, patterns and depth.
Trust me I’ve seen our lights without it and there is a huge difference. Now the problem is we’re still learning when to turn it on to be most effective. This past Sunday we were late getting it on (for a number of reasons) and thus it was more foggy than hazy. Part of the problem is were learning the air flow patterns from our heating and air conditioning systems which at this point seem very unpredictable. As we get a handle on it things will improve.
One last thing that I know sometimes crosses people’s minds and that is…is it safe. The answer to that is yes…again it is just a water-based solution that is heated until it is atomized and vaporized into a fine mist. Think of it sort of like a spray bottle except that we’re pumping out a lot! Hope that helps to explain that better…if you have questions please feel free to contact me and let me know.
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