I'll assume that you want the
dimmer rack to actually control this
power source, this being board controlled.
First off I will strongley suggest that you do not attempt to open or mess with wiring rather on that
dimmer rack without a proffesional on-site. (I am assuming you are a student, if not, still not a good idea)
If you have any extra dimmers in the rack then it should be a fairly simple job for someone to come in and do. And they could also install some real outlets in the booth and make it a lot cleaner.
However if you are in fact a student and don't want to deal with having to have someone come in, been there, done that lol..
Then I would suggest getting a
dimmer pack. You can get DJ quality ones for cheap, or proffesional ones varying in price.
This of course is also, assuming you have an open
universe on your control board, or, your
dimmer rack has a
DMX out. OR you have a
DMX chain somewhere else in the
house that is already coming out of your
console where you could just add the
dimmer pack as into the chain from the begining.
However if you only have one
universe on you
console, I suppose you could just connect the
dimmer rack to the Out of the
dimmer pack, never tried or heard of doing that so don't take my word. But since a
dimmer rack is just a
DMX device I don't see a problem with it. But that would be confusing programming as
Dimmer one, wouldn't be
Dimmer 1 on the rack. But I degress.
As long as you don't draw too much
power from the pack at once, seeing as these run typically on a normal wall
socket, you should be able to get a
leko or two lit. This all depends on the lamps your using
etc. (You would probably need a Edison-Stagepin cable of course)
So take it as you will, getting a
dimmer pack would probably be the easy workaround. And would also
enable you to use it elsewhere in the
theatre if needed. I have found even the cheap ones to be very useful, especially for special set lighting (set lamps, windows
etc) when you don't have any circuits on
stage like us.
But if you have the resources and want a clean setup with perminent dimmed
power in the booth, having someone come in to do it is your best bet.
Good luck with it!
Heres some links if you don't know what to look for for
dimmer packs,
Proffesional-
http://www.google.com/products/cata...i=0dR6TaFx07a2B4m1zM4F&sqi=2&ved=0CEQQ8gIwBA#
Higher end DJ-
http://www.google.com/products/cata...i=0dR6TaFx07a2B4m1zM4F&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ8gIwAA# \
DJ-
http://www.sixstardj.com/sieddmxdidep.html
Never used any of these but, just going by the brands. The bottom, DJ, one supports 600w per
channel, so if your not using a higher wattage then that on your lights you want to control then honostly I would get that one first. Simply because I assume it will always be in the booth. Being a controlled envirornment with limited access it shouldn't have many issues. But if you want one that you know will last, go with the high end ones. Nothing worse then it failing during a show. Look for names like
Leviton,
ETC,
etc.