About This Class
Electrical Safety on the Playa
Instructors: Justin Walraven & Bill von Novak
Stay safe on playa and avoid being a victim of electrical mayem during the Burn.
Last year someone died on playa from electrocution. This course tries to make sure that doesn't happen again. We will cover how electrical systems work on playa, talk about the risks and the common mistakes - and how to avoid them.
Course Schedule:
One 2 hour course. An hour of talking, an hour of hands-on training.
Skills instilled:
Students will be able to evaluate electrical systems for basic safety
Students should bring:
Just bring your beautful selves! The rest will be provided. (multimeter, outlet tester, etc)
Prerequisites:
None.
Cost:
$30 will cover the use of all materials and equipment needed for this course.
Attendees will be provided with a digital multimeter they take with them at the end of class for all their electrical testing needs while out on the Playa.
Class Attendance:
Space and availablity in our classes are extremely limited so we ask that attendees please respect our instructors and others in the community:
- Please show up promptly at the start of the class.
- We understand that things happen but out of repect for others and our instructors:
- Those arriving more than 20 minutes late to a class may not be allowed entry. There are no refunds in this case.
- Please let us know if you are unable to attend ASAP so we can open your spot to someone else wanting to attend the class. Refund policy is listed below.
Refund policy:
We purchase materials in advance of each of our classes, and thus, we've updated our refund policy as follows:
- Cancellation up to 7 days before the event: 100% refund, excluding QGiv fees.
- Cancellation between 3 and 7 days before the event: 50% refund, excluding QGiv fees.
- Less than 3 days before the event: 0% refund.
You can choose to have your refund returned to you by 1) your original payment method, or 2) refund applied to a QGiv credit that you can use for a reiteration of this class or another class entirely.
No Show Policy:
CoLab offers classes at little to no cost to the community. Space is extremely limited and demand is high. If you register for this class, please make absolutely sure you can attend otherwise you will be taking a valuable spot from someone else and de-valuing our instructor's time (who donate their time to CoLab!). Because of this, we must insist that if you sign up and find that you can not make it, you must communicate that to us ASAP so we can fill your spot with someone else that can make it.
Simply email us at info@sdcolab.org. We get it, life happens but please consider others in these situations. Repeated violators will be asked to seek art instruction elsewhere.
About Justin Walraven & Bill von Novak
Bill: Burner since 2011, power engineer, built half a dozen solar power systems on playa.
Justin: Burner since 2023, power engineer, runs his own engineering company.
For any questions please email Bill at: billvon2@gmail.com
Find us on the Web
Colab is run on donations and grants. If you would like to donate, please visit our donation page: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/sdcapcolabevents/donations/
About This Class
Electrical Safety on the Playa
Instructors: Justin Walraven & Bill von Novak
Stay safe on playa and avoid being a victim of electrical mayem during the Burn.
Last year someone died on playa from electrocution. This course tries to make sure that doesn't happen again. We will cover how electrical systems work on playa, talk about the risks and the common mistakes - and how to avoid them.
Course Schedule:
One 2 hour course. An hour of talking, an hour of hands-on training.
Skills instilled:
Students will be able to evaluate electrical systems for basic safety
Students should bring:
Just bring your beautful selves! The rest will be provided. (multimeter, outlet tester, etc)
Prerequisites:
None.
Cost:
$30 will cover the use of all materials and equipment needed for this course.
Attendees will be provided with a digital multimeter they take with them at the end of class for all their electrical testing needs while out on the Playa.
Class Attendance:
Space and availablity in our classes are extremely limited so we ask that attendees please respect our instructors and others in the community:
- Please show up promptly at the start of the class.
- We understand that things happen but out of repect for others and our instructors:
- Those arriving more than 20 minutes late to a class may not be allowed entry. There are no refunds in this case.
- Please let us know if you are unable to attend ASAP so we can open your spot to someone else wanting to attend the class. Refund policy is listed below.
Refund policy:
We purchase materials in advance of each of our classes, and thus, we've updated our refund policy as follows:
- Cancellation up to 7 days before the event: 100% refund, excluding QGiv fees.
- Cancellation between 3 and 7 days before the event: 50% refund, excluding QGiv fees.
- Less than 3 days before the event: 0% refund.
You can choose to have your refund returned to you by 1) your original payment method, or 2) refund applied to a QGiv credit that you can use for a reiteration of this class or another class entirely.
No Show Policy:
CoLab offers classes at little to no cost to the community. Space is extremely limited and demand is high. If you register for this class, please make absolutely sure you can attend otherwise you will be taking a valuable spot from someone else and de-valuing our instructor's time (who donate their time to CoLab!). Because of this, we must insist that if you sign up and find that you can not make it, you must communicate that to us ASAP so we can fill your spot with someone else that can make it.
Simply email us at info@sdcolab.org. We get it, life happens but please consider others in these situations. Repeated violators will be asked to seek art instruction elsewhere.
About Justin Walraven & Bill von Novak
Bill: Burner since 2011, power engineer, built half a dozen solar power systems on playa.
Justin: Burner since 2023, power engineer, runs his own engineering company.
For any questions please email Bill at: billvon2@gmail.com
Find us on the Web
Colab is run on donations and grants. If you would like to donate, please visit our donation page: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/sdcapcolabevents/donations/