tvanbuskirk
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I do lights for a school that has an antiquated lighting panel the size of a small car that is hard wired in place backstage. I want to insert small dimmer packs between the border fixtures and the panel so that i can use an xlr controller to dim them remotely. The connectors are all stage pin, and the border lights are arranged as follows in three rows: 3x15 lamps, 3x15 lamps, and 4x10 lamps. What is the most cost-effective way to do this? There is no front of stage lighting in house. I normally rent a combination of about 8 source 4 ellipsoidals and PAR lamps, with dimmer packs, that I hang on crankstands, and I control these from a board out front. I have separate 20 amp circuits that I had installed for those. But I have no way of controlling the border strips, so I have have to either leave them on for the whole show, or not use them at all. Disconnecting the existing console is not an option, so my thought was leave the old console full-on and insert rented DMX-controlled dimmer pack right before each border fixture. The I could control the borders and the rented FOH lights from one lighing board. But I need to make sure this will work before I just start buying gear. Any thoughts or suggestions?