Wizard of Flaws
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I've been asked to come up with a wish list for one of the high school theaters I manage and some new lighting came to mind immediately. I'm looking into getting some LED cyc lights (Spectra Cyc 50s) to replace our current incandescent units, but I'd like to provide power to them using our existing circuits. Our lighting layout involves four fly lines wired into two CD80 AE racks with Strand C21 processors. The racks have 48 2.4kW dual dimmer modules on each. The idea is to swap out a circuit on each line so I have power available on a per-line basis.
My confusion lies in what kind of dimmer module I need to swap out to provide power to these and future LED fixtures. Am I looking for a non-dim module or constant power? What, if any, is the difference between the two? Will something like this work for my purposes? I notice the site also has a similar listing, but with "contactor non-dim/SSR dimmer" swapped. My hunch is that it's a mix of dim/non-dim, and the order just refers to which of the circuits is the non-dim?
I'm also concerned with future-proofing as much as I can. I don't know when the processors were installed on our racks, so I have no idea when to expect them to fail. I'm working on the assumption that I'm running on borrowed time right now, given the age of the school. Will the swapped dimmer module work with something like a Johnson Systems retrofit or will I need to purchase a module specifically for it? If the latter, then are there options that will work for both?
Please let me know if there's anything I can clarify, and especially if I've gone awry in my limited understanding of the hardware involved.
My confusion lies in what kind of dimmer module I need to swap out to provide power to these and future LED fixtures. Am I looking for a non-dim module or constant power? What, if any, is the difference between the two? Will something like this work for my purposes? I notice the site also has a similar listing, but with "contactor non-dim/SSR dimmer" swapped. My hunch is that it's a mix of dim/non-dim, and the order just refers to which of the circuits is the non-dim?
I'm also concerned with future-proofing as much as I can. I don't know when the processors were installed on our racks, so I have no idea when to expect them to fail. I'm working on the assumption that I'm running on borrowed time right now, given the age of the school. Will the swapped dimmer module work with something like a Johnson Systems retrofit or will I need to purchase a module specifically for it? If the latter, then are there options that will work for both?
Please let me know if there's anything I can clarify, and especially if I've gone awry in my limited understanding of the hardware involved.