[SML] Lighting in the heat of an Iowa Summer

[Ford Sellers]

Hi Nate,
The COLORado line from Chauvet (me), is sold in both IP (seasonal outdoor), and Tour (PowerCON and standard DMX).  They are in many, many rental houses stock.


HTH,
-Ford

-----Original Message-----
From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Lyric Opera Kansas City via Stagecraft
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:47 PM
To: Stagecraft
Subject: [SML] Lighting in the heat of an Iowa Summer

Hello Everyone,

I have a couple of questions, but first let me give you a brief idea of what is going on.  This summer, the Des Moines Metro Opera will be staging Rapaccinni's Daughter outside in the Des Moines Botanical Gardens.  It is a pretty grand area and I am looking forward to lighting it.  A big initiative of the Botanical Gardens was to be (pardon the pun) as green and energy efficient as possible.  So...with that idea in mind, I have started thinking about LED lighting. So...

1.  How does everyone think LED instruments would hold up outdoors in an Iowa summer with the heat and humidity?  I obviously know that these units would not stand up to the rain without proper protection.
In outdoor experiences, units have been bagged after the show and unbagged before the next.  I am not sure that would be adequate for LED units and even if it was, would the gear hold up the the heat during the day?

2.  Regardless of whether we are able to use LEDs or not, does anyone know of any lighting rental houses near Des Moines that aren't the ones I already know (CLE, Sound Concepts, TMS)?

Thanks again,

Nate Wheatley

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