First I want to publicly thank ETC for their always stellar tech support. Alex and Justin and the gang over there are doing Thespis' work keeping these 23 year old dimmers alive. We just suffered a failure of our rack 2 CEM that kept blowing the fuse at F1 which is in front of the A phase zero cross detector as well as the CEM PSU. I don't know what caused it (suspect lightning), but it almost forced us to cancel a rental.
That said, the rack and its internals are not getting any younger. We've had a number of service issues in the past year or so and I've been told by our lighting service vendor that it might be time to consider upgrading/retrofitting/replacing components.
I recall a while back ETC ran some sort of deal with upgrading Sensor Classics to 3's and my vendor also said that it is a fairly straightforward upgrade as far as swapping out rack internals is concerned. Essentially, I'm just looking for people who have been through such an upgrade to gather experiences, thoughts to start building a case that it is needed. We're a HS PAC so it will be an uphill battle that will take some time in any event.
That said, the rack and its internals are not getting any younger. We've had a number of service issues in the past year or so and I've been told by our lighting service vendor that it might be time to consider upgrading/retrofitting/replacing components.
I recall a while back ETC ran some sort of deal with upgrading Sensor Classics to 3's and my vendor also said that it is a fairly straightforward upgrade as far as swapping out rack internals is concerned. Essentially, I'm just looking for people who have been through such an upgrade to gather experiences, thoughts to start building a case that it is needed. We're a HS PAC so it will be an uphill battle that will take some time in any event.