Etc parnel to par

[DuckJordan]

Question for the community is the only difference between a parnel and a par the lens and the sled module? Is it possible to switch a parnel to a par?

 

[tschnuckel]

I've wondered the same thing.

 

[Mac Hosehead]

Heh, I compared the two side by side. The casting is the same. It indeed looks possible if the inner static lens and the bottom knob are removed from the Parnel. To do this, you would have to completely disassemble the fixture. The lens carrier on the par has the same teeth that the knob on the Parnel drives.

If you needed an extra par or two and had extra par lenses then I suppose it might be worth it although it would be a labor intensive procedure to complete and restore.

 

[DuckJordan]

I was more curious as to a permanent swap, we have a ton of parnels and 0 pars in a space and the parnels rarely get used as fresnel type lights

 

[Amiers]

I mean a Parnel is basically all the pars rolled into one. So if you aren’t using Parnell why would you use a par?

 

[josh88]

I mean a Parnel is basically all the pars rolled into one. So if you aren’t using Parnell why would you use a par?

Potentially the oval spread of the wider lenses.

 

[SteveB]

Potentially the oval spread of the wider lenses.

This.

The ParNel has the beam spread about like an round beamed medium Par.

 

[Daniel Sepke]

I have done this conversion in the opposite direction (Par to Parnel). The basic shells are identical castings and with the assembly manuals from ETC for both models you'd be able to determine what parts you'd need. I ordered all the parts via Full Compass.

Dan

 

[techieman33]

Personally I wouldn't bother, especially if you have to buy the parts to convert. If you keep an eye on eBay it's not hard to find pars for $40-$50. So just buy more pars, or sell the parnels and use that money for pars.