[SML] Cheap dimming of a large load

[Sean McCarthy]

Can you just rent a 6 pack of 50 amp dimmers?

Purchase price would be ~$4000-6000??

On Thursday, February 26, 2015, Michael Sauder via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Googling is failing me, and I feel certain someone on the list can point
> me in the right direction.
>
> I need simple dimming of 36KW worth of heat lamps. Each individual lamp is
> 3KW, so a total of 12 lamps.
>
> It's for a simple effect - fade up, stay at a level that is warm but not
> cooking the people underneath, and then fade away 30 seconds later.
>
> The easy solution is a wall-mount dimmer rack from NSI or Leviton or
> someone. But those go into the many thousands (hard to find prices online),
> and seem more featured/robust than I really need.
>
> I'm looking for:
> - Dimming of 36KW (can be broken down into a minimum of 3KW circuits)
> - DMX control preferred, but can likely work with just about any signal
> type.
> - We can probably hack something together if someone can point me to a
> source for large stand-alone dimmer modules.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> Michael S.
>
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> Michael Sauder
> Email: michael.sauder at gmail.com
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