Peter Mahoney
Member
Good afternoon,
I am new to stage lighting and work in a HS PAC. I am trying to figure out which items in our inventory should or should not be connected to a dimmer. A number of the items below have had "unusually" short lamp life, according to my co-manager and others who have assisted in the PAC.
The HS PAC has the following:
2 - Strand Lighting CD 80, currently outfitted with dimmer supervisors(? not sure what the units inside the CD 80 are referred to as)
20- Altman Zip Strip ZS (3 circuit)
20- Altman Star Par
20- Altman 1k 6" Fresnel
30- Strand Lighting SL
I was reading the manual for the Zip Strips and did not see anything relating to being able to connect them to a dimmer. I reached out to Altman who said they should not be on a dimmer. Yet my predecessors may have had them hooked up to dimmers since the PAC was built, at least for the past six years.
To reiterate I am trying to determine what items above may be connected to a dimmer without damage or short life. I am trying to determine this because our Zip Strips and StrandLight SLs keep burning out at a quick rate.
I am new to stage lighting and work in a HS PAC. I am trying to figure out which items in our inventory should or should not be connected to a dimmer. A number of the items below have had "unusually" short lamp life, according to my co-manager and others who have assisted in the PAC.
The HS PAC has the following:
2 - Strand Lighting CD 80, currently outfitted with dimmer supervisors(? not sure what the units inside the CD 80 are referred to as)
20- Altman Zip Strip ZS (3 circuit)
20- Altman Star Par
20- Altman 1k 6" Fresnel
30- Strand Lighting SL
I was reading the manual for the Zip Strips and did not see anything relating to being able to connect them to a dimmer. I reached out to Altman who said they should not be on a dimmer. Yet my predecessors may have had them hooked up to dimmers since the PAC was built, at least for the past six years.
To reiterate I am trying to determine what items above may be connected to a dimmer without damage or short life. I am trying to determine this because our Zip Strips and StrandLight SLs keep burning out at a quick rate.