Hi Everyone... (this is lenghty, just so you know)
So...today I got to work at my camp (where I run all things technical) and noticed that the stage lights were on but were at a very low intensity (probably about 20-25%). I walk into the booth and notice that the light board is off completely. So I thought, "maybe someone just turned off the board to quickly and didn't bring the master all the way down in time." (cause that sometimes happens--where the lights stay on after the board is off)...so I power on the board and first try to raise and lower to see if the master does anything, but it doesn't. So I then bring up the dimmers and master and the lights go to full intensity. When I brought the master down though, the lights went back to their 20-25% intensity. I told the building operations director who tried the same things I did and, again, nothing happened...he then went backstage and looked at the dimmers. He turned them off which obviously took the intensities to 0. But as soon as he turned the dimmers back on, they went back to 20-25%. For now, he has decided to keep the dimmers off, since he doesn't want the bulbs to burn out, but since we need lights at camp for our assemblies, I wanted to know if anyone knew what the problem would be and how to fix it. The board is and EDI Minstrel and the dimmers are made by EDI but I'm not sure of the exact make. One other thing to note is that there have been electricians in the the theater who have been preparing to hang chandeliers (sp?) and have been running cable to the circuit breakers..we think that this may have something to do with it.
Thanks everyone in advance for your help, and sorry that this was so lenghty.
So...today I got to work at my camp (where I run all things technical) and noticed that the stage lights were on but were at a very low intensity (probably about 20-25%). I walk into the booth and notice that the light board is off completely. So I thought, "maybe someone just turned off the board to quickly and didn't bring the master all the way down in time." (cause that sometimes happens--where the lights stay on after the board is off)...so I power on the board and first try to raise and lower to see if the master does anything, but it doesn't. So I then bring up the dimmers and master and the lights go to full intensity. When I brought the master down though, the lights went back to their 20-25% intensity. I told the building operations director who tried the same things I did and, again, nothing happened...he then went backstage and looked at the dimmers. He turned them off which obviously took the intensities to 0. But as soon as he turned the dimmers back on, they went back to 20-25%. For now, he has decided to keep the dimmers off, since he doesn't want the bulbs to burn out, but since we need lights at camp for our assemblies, I wanted to know if anyone knew what the problem would be and how to fix it. The board is and EDI Minstrel and the dimmers are made by EDI but I'm not sure of the exact make. One other thing to note is that there have been electricians in the the theater who have been preparing to hang chandeliers (sp?) and have been running cable to the circuit breakers..we think that this may have something to do with it.
Thanks everyone in advance for your help, and sorry that this was so lenghty.