Hello Forum friends. I posted the following on the Elation support forum, but thought it was at least worth a try posting here as well in case I can get a quicker and/or clearer response than I get from there. Thanks in advance!
Hello, I am a middle school drama teacher. I recently...
That is very helpful general information. I'll have to get the exact specs on my different fixtures so I can ask more specific questions when I need to. I appreciate the caution about maxing out the channels. These cheap dimmer packs are almost certainly not built with the highest quality...
Thanks, that gets me started. So if I bring up 4 S4s at the same time, that is (575*4=) 2300 watts. And if the dimmer pack is 20A total max, then that means it can handle (20A*110V=) 2200 watts. Is that going to blow a fuse or the circuit breaker, trying to run 2300 watts of light with a pack...
I need to figure out how many fixtures I can plug into each channel on my dimmer packs, and what my minimum amp/watt requirements are for purchasing new dimmer packs. If you can help by providing a formula for calculating these things, that would be great, as well as some guidance on where to...