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Re: DIY Lighting
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- Subject: Re: DIY Lighting
- From: "David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:27:41 -0000
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--- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, Ross McKillop <home@i...> wrote:
> Another cheap way of controlling multiple lights with the=20
> same system (0-10V) is to get your hands on an old Strand=20
> or Zero88 theatre lighting dimmer (get them on ebay now=20
> and then for about =A390 for a 6 channel unit - dims 6=20
> channels at maximum 10A per channel) ..=20
But be wary; Zero88 is 0-10V positive, and Strand old dimmers are 0-
10 NEGATIVE.
You can buy new dimmers for this price these days, with DMX512=20
control, which is dead easy to bit-bang out of a PIC or whatever.
> dunno how they'd work in a house situation but they're=20
> good quality voltage controlled dimmers
For years I used a Zero88 "architectural" dimmer (4 channel) for
my=20
lounge lights, running LV halogens and things, and it never missed a=20
beat. The architectural dimmers are similar to the stagey dimmers=20
but without 15A sockets on the front - they are hard wired.
That room also had all of its sockets (of which there were many)=20
wired back to a mains patch panel so a socket could be patched to a=20
relay, a dimmer channel, or be live all the time.
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