Hey what's going on my name is Alex with DJ Cut Entertainment. Today I'm gonna cover my most common questions that I get asked about our cold spark rentals. First off I want to cover what is a cold spark machine? These boxes that we have shoot sparks in the air at about 50 degrees anywhere between 3 to 8 feet in the air. How much do the cold sparks cost? Well this really depends on the number of cold spark machines that you want for your event whether this is going to be an add-on to our DJ or videography package or if you're just going to have the cold spark rentals all by themselves. We have the options for all three. One of the first questions that we get asked is how safe is it a fire hazard? What are the potential dangers and this machines that we use are a non-piratechnic machine. The sparks that are shoot up in the air they only burn at 50 degrees you can hold like a piece of paper over the top of them. You'll see some little marks but it will not catch the paper on fire I've even tried a plastic bag I've tried many different things that are flammable and it will not catch it on fire but as a precaution we do treat it like it is a flammable item we always bring a fire extinguisher and we're ready just in case but they are considered a non-piratechnic. Now when it comes to operating this machines we have a couple different safety procedures. One when we shoot the sparks up in the air as a precaution we like to make sure that there is nothing hanging above either a garland a white wall we like to be them in an open area so that the sparks can shoot up. Not that we're worried about something catching on fire but it can leave a mark and we don't want to do that especially when we're in somebody else's space. These sparks that are shooting up in the air when they come down they're little sand pebbles so at the end of the event we like to go around and sweep up the area just as a safety precaution it's almost like it looks like a piece of sand and we don't want anybody to slip so these are one of the safety precautions that we take. Like I said these are also a non-piratechnic but we treat them like a flammable item so we always bring a fire extinguisher just in case. When it comes to using the cold sparks we like to use them for the grand entrance the end of the first dance and the sparkler exit. This all depends on the time of day if it's an indoor event outdoor event and some of the different areas that we have in restrictions when it comes to using the event but we'll usually cover this before the rental is purchased or in our walkthrough. So after an event is completed like the grand entrance what we'll do is we'll end up pulling up the tape before these are all laid out we like to have all the cords and everything taped down so nobody trips everything so we need to pull up all the tape then we'll go around the area and sweep everything up so it usually takes about five minutes to clean everything up after the first dance we'll let you do the father-daughter dance and the mother-son dance once those are completed we'll pull everything up and then we'll move it out of the way and then we'll sweep everything so it is nice and safe to continue with our dance party. So when setting these up they usually take anywhere between seven minutes to 15 minutes to preheat depending on what type of event we're doing we usually like to do a pre-blast so we can see what it looks like make sure everything is working properly if it's outside for like a grand entrance and nobody is around we'll grab the photographer so they can see how bright it is they can get their cameras ready along with the videographers too they can get their cameras ready as well so that way when we do this it's seamless and we get it right on the first time. So when many venues hear about hey I want to do a sparkler machine on the indoors there autumn essentially is no that's not going to work here we don't want to cause a fire so a lot of clients will order this but before we have this ordered as an item we like to set up a demonstration where we can come out to the venue give them a demonstration they can put their hands on top of it that they can see that these are safe it's not going to cause a fire and we can address any questions that they might have or concerns and then they can let us know hey yes we can do this inside our hey we can only do this outside and it's just a good idea so everybody is familiar and there's no surprises on the day of your wedding as to the best of my knowledge these will not set off any fire alarms we've gone to many hotels done demonstrations multiple demonstrations and it did not set off any fire alarms so as to the best of my knowledge of right now we are yet to set off any fire alarms so for a typical setup about 50 to 60 percent of my couples will do two cold spark machines some will do for and the setup can look a little bit different depending on how many machines and where they're located but usually we'll set up two machines usually about 10 feet apart and then we'll run a gaffer's tape along the walkway so that way when you walk by if there's no chance for you guys to trip on any of the cords and then we have the power station and a controller that we use to turn the cold spark machines on and off once you guys have completed the event then we'll come back we'll pull up all the tape remove the machines and let them cool down so the effect can last anywhere between five to 30 seconds if you have an event that will last more than 30 seconds we'll send the blast up for 30 seconds it will turn off momentarily and then we can have another blast go for another 30 seconds so it really depends on the different type of events that we're doing and how long it will take for each event if this is something that we're at need to see last more than 30 seconds we can talk about that in our consultation meeting but usually it's about anywhere from five to 10 seconds and it's just to get that great photo opportunity and this is plenty time to do all those events thank you guys for watching this video my name is Alex with DJ Cut Entertainment if you guys would like to set up a demonstration or interested in ordering this for your event please fill out our contact form thank you guys