tdtastic
Active Member
Much to my chagrin, our school’s maintenance team has replaced all of my theatre’s incandescent house lights with LED floods as part of an energy-saving mandate. Of course, THEY DON’T DIM!!! Seeking advice from others who have found themselves trying to do this very thing.
I have 17-year-old ETC D20 dimmers, so a low-voltage module is not an option. The LED lamp that they chose is the “dimmable” Sylvania LED17 PAR38. When I contacted ETC seeking any advice on the matter I was told that, basically with my equipment, there is no great way to accomplish a fully dimmable look with nearly ANY LED lamp option.
ETC has tested and compiled a database of hundreds of LED options (by request even too) and their compatibility with the ETC product line. I was told that the LED lamp that we installed is literally on the BOTTOM of this list – the ETC rep would NOT however divulge which LED make/type had the best results when controlled with older high-voltage dimming systems. I guess I understand why they can’t legally endorse one product line over another. SOOOooo… Have YOU run into a similar problem? What LED option, if any, have you found to successfully dim in a way that is at all similar to an incandescent? Is this even possible? Any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated!
I have 17-year-old ETC D20 dimmers, so a low-voltage module is not an option. The LED lamp that they chose is the “dimmable” Sylvania LED17 PAR38. When I contacted ETC seeking any advice on the matter I was told that, basically with my equipment, there is no great way to accomplish a fully dimmable look with nearly ANY LED lamp option.
ETC has tested and compiled a database of hundreds of LED options (by request even too) and their compatibility with the ETC product line. I was told that the LED lamp that we installed is literally on the BOTTOM of this list – the ETC rep would NOT however divulge which LED make/type had the best results when controlled with older high-voltage dimming systems. I guess I understand why they can’t legally endorse one product line over another. SOOOooo… Have YOU run into a similar problem? What LED option, if any, have you found to successfully dim in a way that is at all similar to an incandescent? Is this even possible? Any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated!