I work at a local theme park that has a variety of theaters. In our main theater we have 2 ETC sensor dimmer racks with dimmers 1 & 2 on phase 1, 3 & 4 on phase 2, 5 & 6 on phase 3, 7 & 8 on phase 1, etc. aka "self balancing dimmer rack". Our patch bay is set up next to our dimmer rack and the circuits have male stage-pin connectors on them so you just plug them in to the corresponding dimmer like your plugging it into a wall socket (if wall sockets were stag-pin that is). My boss wants the patch bay to stay hooked up 1 to 1 but if i do that on rack A phase 1 will pull 263 amps and phase 2 will pull 198 amps, also on rack B phase 1 will pull 181 amps and phase 3 will pull 86 amps. I have called ETC support and they have confirmed that no a "self balancing dimmer rack" does not actually balance itself and if you have varying loads you must move things around to balance the load. Problem is my boss believes a "self balancing dimmer rack" actually balances its self and you don't have to check it, also he has a degree and worked in Las Vegas for a while so he knows better than me (and ETC apparently) so I'm wrong.
I've been researching for hours and cant find anything that i can physically show him that backs me up on this. If anyone knows where or what web site i can find that clearly lays out the capability, and incapability, of this rack it would be a huge help. I have searched the manual and ETC's website and they don't have anything directly talking about this subject.
I've been researching for hours and cant find anything that i can physically show him that backs me up on this. If anyone knows where or what web site i can find that clearly lays out the capability, and incapability, of this rack it would be a huge help. I have searched the manual and ETC's website and they don't have anything directly talking about this subject.