[SML] Cheap dimming of a large load

[Patrick McCreary]

I have a couple of old Scrimmer 3.6KW 12-packs - you're welcome to them. 
They run on 0-10VDC, which shouldn't be very difficult to come up with.

Reply to <<gpatrick at iup.edu>> if you're interested.

Patrick

On 2/26/2015 8:43 PM, Michael Sauder via Stagecraft 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 <mailto:michael.sauder at gmail.com>
>
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