The stage never goes dark. What about the tills?
Stage power usually runs on its own circuit and never runs out. The problem is elsewhere: when a vendor’s power trips, the till stops working, the queue grows, there’s no food and the beer is warm. The outage always reflects on the event’s reputation, even when the fault is in the vendor’s own equipment. Spine at the event keeps power and generators under control for the whole gig.
At an event, power only shows up once it fails
And by then the audience sees it too. That’s what happens without measurement — with Spine, the situation is caught before the trip.
Tills, fridges and taps are all on the same phase. One breaker trip stops sales in the middle of a rush.
The setup schedule is counted in days. An hour per device, or a dedicated electrical designer, is practically never budgeted.
Overnight, load drops to a fraction. The generator fouls up and burns fuel idling.
No one knows who’s loading what, but responsibility for an outage always falls on the event organiser.
An outage isn’t a technical problem, it’s a customer experience
The chain Spine breaks
A vendor’s breaker trips → the till stops working → the queue grows → no food and warm beer → the audience is unhappy → the feedback always lands on the event.
Spine shows phase-by-phase load in real time, so an overloading area is visible before the breaker trips. An alert goes to the technical lead while load can still easily be shifted, before the queue reaches the street.
- Phase-by-phase load by area: food court, stage, office, cold storage
- Proactive alert before rated current is reached
- See which vendor or area is loading which phase
- Automatic 4G, no need for a local network
Spine at the event: in order of priority for the event
At an event, what matters is setup speed and making sure nothing trips mid-way.
The generator runs at the right load overnight too
When the crowd leaves and load drops, Spine switches on an extra load automatically and keeps the generator’s load at a safe level. In the morning the equipment is fine and the exhaust isn’t fouled. The same logic switches area lighting on and off on a schedule.
See an overload before the breaker trips
Phase-by-phase load by area in real time, with its own alarm threshold. When the food court approaches rated current, the technical lead is notified immediately, and load can be shifted before sales stop.
Tents heat evenly without supervision
Tent and area-structure heating is regulated by measured temperature, so one tent isn’t scorching while another is cold. An alarm arrives immediately if a heater shuts down mid-event.
Water consumption and leaks in the food court
The event ground’s water connection consumption is visible in real time, and a leak in temporary piping is detected immediately. Water can be shut off automatically outside event hours.
Spine at the event: setup in minutes, not hours
An event’s schedule doesn’t allow for site-specific commissioning. That’s why Spine is Plug & Play.
Ground plan in advance
Devices are created in the app and placed on the ground map already in the production office, before the equipment leaves the warehouse.
Plug in and scan
Plug the device in, scan the QR code with your phone. Connection and location are established automatically, with no separate setup needed on site.
Thresholds by area
Alarm thresholds for the food court, the stage and cold storage set separately. Recipients go to the technical team.
Teardown and the next gig
Equipment is struck, the data stays saved. Spine at the event helps the next event’s planning start from a measured load profile.
What event organisers say
“Short quote here: did vendor power stay on, or how fast did setup go during load-in.”
Technical producer, event production
A typical event configuration
The configuration depends on the ground size, the number of vendors and the generator fleet.
Spine Plug & Play 63A
Generator load management and lighting control without wiring.
See control →TSR-HUB 63 Spine
An area distribution board with metering and controlled outputs built in.
See electricity →Spine Valve DN25
Automatic heating control for tents and area structures.
See heating →Spine-DN25 water meter
Water consumption and leak monitoring for the food court.
See water →Answers to event Spine questions
Can Spine be set up before load-in?
Yes. Devices can be created and placed on the ground map in the app already before the equipment leaves the warehouse. On site the device is just plugged in and the QR code scanned.
Can consumption be billed to vendors?
Yes. MID-approved metering is available as an option whenever consumption needs to be billed to vendors separately.
What if the ground has no fixed power supply?
No problem. Spine works on generator power just as well as with a fixed supply, and the built-in 4G connection doesn’t depend on a local network.
Is the load profile kept for the next gig?
Yes. Data is logged for the whole event, so the next event’s equipment needs can be calculated from the measured load.
Two ways to move forward
Book a free 30-minute consultation
We’ll go through your event ground, the number of vendors and the generator fleet, and figure out where measurement points should go. 30 minutes. No obligations.
Book a time →Request a quote
Know your ground size and equipment? Add Spine event products to the quote cart.
Go to products →Other use cases
The same platform, a different emphasis. See what Spine looks like in other environments.