Which specific version and model # are you using as a start for how?
Just had to make a 48 way
Soco feed
thru dummy load for using around 80 of the
LED Leko's on a show. The dual 24
channel 4-rack space panels were installed into a custom case about the size of a 48way
dimmer rack with 360 cfm of air movement from fans and venting. Took a really old
dimmer rack and had to completely re-make it from moldy
shock mounting foam to blacking it out inside and heat treading. Rack was a huge popular attraction on-site for coolness factor - having to make it brought a smile to my
face also. Here we have high technology
Leko's needing something out of say the 20's for making it work properly on a
dimmer. Believe the standard dimmers worked better with the
dummy load than the
LED dimmers but wasn't much part of that part of the project. Was busy with my part and other stuff. One to two lights per
circuit on both
dimmer types were not getting a good dimming curve.
Specified
dummy load is 60w lamps - 2,880 watts of light inside of a
road case got the
dummy load case a
bit hot to the touch but after hours and hours of use, was measured to be within the tolerances of heat ratings of it's components. Later tested the fixtures with 25w
dummy load and worked fine with them which made the rack operate just fine in cooling without having to add the second fan panel to double airflow. Could be the amount of fixtures on the
dimmer rack allowed for the lower wattage overall in controlling them.
The Electronic's dpt. at work said they could come up with a
resistor based
dummy load system for the show instead of me having to make the
filament lamp based
dummy load system. Problem was we had less than a week and it was more efficient for me alone to work until late hours of the night for a few days than a few of us to work many more late hours by way of them making parts I would have to
wire. Had there been more time such a
dummy load while it probably will have still been two sets of four space rack panels as needed for
fitting the
Soco plugs, will not have needed an entire rack to cool it.
In the case of one
fixture I'm sure some of our electronics based people on the forum can figure out what size of
resistor and other components might be added to the
fixture in-line, in making it work properly and where to add it if possible. This as long as safe and done in a way it don't void warranty or UL. Probably be as small in handy box as a small in-line
transformer. Interesting that if only a
dummy load, is needed, that this was not pre-designed into the
fixture unless it's inclusion would defete some output for the
fixture if included. At that
point I wonder why it's not an accessory one can buy for dimming one light?