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Old November 3rd, 2007, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by soundman View Post
My gut is telling me to meter the power coming out of the dimmer pack. I have a feeling that if it a lesser quality pack off might not be 0 volts and it might be 'leaking' some or preheating if that is an option. Enough to light up a tester but not enough to light up a lamp. If thats the case the problem lies in the addressing of the pack up the dimemr it self. I have seen chauvet (sp) packs with blown circuits do to over draw.
I like this idea. Try taking another instrument that you know to be good and plugging it directly into the dimmer pack... or for that matter just check the voltage with a meter.
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