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bsanders

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Hi Bill

 

Not at present. Even if it was, it is definately NOT recommended to power moving lights through a dimmer, even if set to 100%. I'd urge you to run 'true' hot power, as the 100% cycle on a dimmer can still give a chopped waveform that can cause problems to the processors and motors in the fixtures, and the power on surge for the discharge lamps could well overload the dimmers circuitry and cause problems there too.

Peter Kirkup

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Hi Bill

 

Not at present. Even if it was, it is definately NOT recommended to power moving lights through a dimmer, even if set to 100%. I'd urge you to run 'true' hot power, as the 100% cycle on a dimmer can still give a chopped waveform that can cause problems to the processors and motors in the fixtures, and the power on surge for the discharge lamps could well overload the dimmers circuitry and cause problems there too.

 

 

Thanks Peter I will change the dimmers.

 

Bill

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