neurospike
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Greetings All. I have a question I am hoping some of you may be able to give me some advice on. I am working on a lighting setup that is needed for a 3 month exhibition. Part of the work is triggering lamps to flash that are situated behind window shutters to simulate lightning. I am currently doing this via a computer with Max/MSP and a standard DMX dimmer rack. The problem is as follows. We have been using cool white CFL behind the three windows and this has been working wonderfully, however the globes are burning out after a week as they are quite clearly not designed for this activity (not so wonderful). Using strobes was the initial intent but not possible due to the sound of the flash produced (it needs to be totally silent!)..So the question is. Would dimmable CFL work or would they also burn out due to the on/off activity? Can anyone suggest other lamps with a similar bright white color temperature? Would dimmable LED's work to flash in this manner (ie, LED PAR lamps?). Basically looking for a cheap and reasonably functional/robust solution!
Thanks for your thoughts.
regards
Alex
Thanks for your thoughts.
regards
Alex