[SML] Cheap dimming of a large load

[Dorian Kelly]

 If you only want to use them at levels, no dynamic dimming,t why not use bog standard 10-10v  220V 2.5Kw dimmers available anywhere with a simple manual board and physically restrict the grand master and prevent it going over say 40%. Wouldn’t that work? Or have I missed something?




> On 27 Feb 2015, at 01:43, 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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