Hey y'all!
Alright so the theater I work in is a high school. In our theater we have a passarelle (spelling?). We've always used rope lights to line the edge of the passarelle plugged straight into a dimmer channel (they need to be dimmable and controlled from the lighting desk). However every few years they have to be replaced because sections will go out from people in the audience putting their feet up on the passarelle or getting stepped on by actors, etc. Quite frankly I'm pissed and tired of messing with it because its a pain to replace 200ft of rope lights every 3 or 4 years. I'm looking for a better more permanent solution. I was thinking about the pathway aisle lighting you see in some theaters. Like what lights the aisle in a plane. I can't find this type of thing ANYWHERE online without going through a company and having them install it. I will be installing this myself so that won't work. Also I've noticed that most of these types of things are 12v and I'm not even sure if they're dimmable. I'm open to using rope light again however it MUST be protected so I don't find myself back in the same place 4 years from now... Can anyone think of a solution for this?
Thanks!
Elliot
Alright so the theater I work in is a high school. In our theater we have a passarelle (spelling?). We've always used rope lights to line the edge of the passarelle plugged straight into a dimmer channel (they need to be dimmable and controlled from the lighting desk). However every few years they have to be replaced because sections will go out from people in the audience putting their feet up on the passarelle or getting stepped on by actors, etc. Quite frankly I'm pissed and tired of messing with it because its a pain to replace 200ft of rope lights every 3 or 4 years. I'm looking for a better more permanent solution. I was thinking about the pathway aisle lighting you see in some theaters. Like what lights the aisle in a plane. I can't find this type of thing ANYWHERE online without going through a company and having them install it. I will be installing this myself so that won't work. Also I've noticed that most of these types of things are 12v and I'm not even sure if they're dimmable. I'm open to using rope light again however it MUST be protected so I don't find myself back in the same place 4 years from now... Can anyone think of a solution for this?
Thanks!
Elliot