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Hi all. We've just put together a new black box theatre space on campus and I am working with our Alternative Energy Engineering program to try to create a zero-carbon-emission system for the theatre. We've got the power system wrapped up with serious expertise there, but the theatrical lighting, we'll need som help and advice with.
In order to effectively do so, I am ditching our old Altman 6's and 8's in favor of LED lighting. I am currently looking at the Altman Spectra Color 100w''s for the lighting (though I see they also make a 50w version), but am rather new to the LED world. I've read I believe all the LED forum discussions here and have a better idea of what I am up against. Technically, we have a very short throw grid (<10') and we're hoping to light an approximately 30' x 40' space with (typically) 6 acting areas. I am calculating approximately 36 instruments for this space. In addition, I am hoping to replace some of our 3.5qs with some sort of LED (or other low-wattage) instrument with gobo projection capabilities, perhaps in the market for 4 or 5 of these. We're running an Leprecon LPC 48 with 36 Leprecon high-wattage ULD dimmers (no problems in the power department).
My questions for the more knowledgable: Will the LPC effectively run 36 LED fixtures or will I run out of capability? And, will 36 100w fixtures be sufficient, not enough or overkill for the space? And... what are your recommendations for low-wattage gobo projection/spotlighting in this space? We're looking at a budget of less than $60k total.
Thanks in advance for your help and expertise.
Cheers:
Eric
In order to effectively do so, I am ditching our old Altman 6's and 8's in favor of LED lighting. I am currently looking at the Altman Spectra Color 100w''s for the lighting (though I see they also make a 50w version), but am rather new to the LED world. I've read I believe all the LED forum discussions here and have a better idea of what I am up against. Technically, we have a very short throw grid (<10') and we're hoping to light an approximately 30' x 40' space with (typically) 6 acting areas. I am calculating approximately 36 instruments for this space. In addition, I am hoping to replace some of our 3.5qs with some sort of LED (or other low-wattage) instrument with gobo projection capabilities, perhaps in the market for 4 or 5 of these. We're running an Leprecon LPC 48 with 36 Leprecon high-wattage ULD dimmers (no problems in the power department).
My questions for the more knowledgable: Will the LPC effectively run 36 LED fixtures or will I run out of capability? And, will 36 100w fixtures be sufficient, not enough or overkill for the space? And... what are your recommendations for low-wattage gobo projection/spotlighting in this space? We're looking at a budget of less than $60k total.
Thanks in advance for your help and expertise.
Cheers:
Eric