Control/Dimming Dimmer help

[El3k]

I need to be able to dim a set of 10 lights that are 19v 80w each. The input power is 115 VAC. The dimmer has to be capable of being controlled from a computer. The dimmer should be able to vary from no power to full power. Can someone suggest a product or solution that is capable of doing this. Thanks.

 

[bull]

What is the application?

 

[JD]

Well, if it were 12 lights, you could parallel 3 sets of 4 lamps in series and that would be 76 volts. At that point, you could use them on a dimmer doubler adapter off of an ETC rack configured for dimmer doubling (which usually drives 77 volt lamps.) (Code issues aside!)

 

[derekleffew]

JD is onto something here, but I would use two circuits with six each of the 19V lamps wired in series, with one lamp hidden in each circuit. Total on the dimmer would be 960W, or two dimmers of 480W.

As for computer control, I'm assuming you don't want something as complicated as using a stage dimmer and USB->DMX converter, so would look into products from Light-O-Rama or X10 or similar.