1. The Dimmer racks shall be fully digital, designed specifically for entertainment lighting, and shall
consist of up to 48 Dimmer module spaces. Dimmer rack systems shall be UL and cUL listed.
2. Rack setup and preset data shall, as standard, be fully user programmable on a per rack or system
wide basis. The Dimmer rack shall report rack and Dimmer status to a remote personal computer or
control console and, as an option, report load status information
Strand
Strand Lighting offers the world's most comprehensive and competitive range of luminaires, dimming equipment, control systems and software to answer the creative needs of lighting designers working in theatre, television, film, themed environments and sophisticated architectural applications.
Strand Lighting History
The Strand Electric Company began operating in 1914 to serve London's theater district. In 1926 Century Lighting opened for business in New York to serve Broadway. Today, Strand Lighting, the union of these two companies, continues as the world's leading name in stage, television, motion picture, and architectural lighting and services.
Current Strand Lighting Operations
Unique in the breadth of its operations, Strand Lighting now serves the world across three geographic regions. The European region, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has offices in Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, and Rome and serves all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The Americas region has its headquarters in Los Angeles and with offices in New York and Toronto serving the United States, Canada and Latin America. The Asia/Pacific region is supported from Strand Lighting's office in Hong Kong. Each region works closely with its local network of distributors to ensure the most extensive distribution of products and services in the entertainment lighting industry.
Strand Lighting Products
As the creative demands of entertainment lighting continue to expand, Strand Lighting has responded with a series of new product introductions demonstrating a commitment to providing lighting solutions matched to the scale and complexity of the application: the latest generation of software based control products ensure that as users' needs grow and new facilities are added, systems can be easily expanded to accommodate them, protecting the value of the original investment. Our new digital dimming systems bring enhanced flexibility and superior performance and value to all of our customers and our exciting range of Film, Television and Theatrical luminaires are the newest and most advanced in the industry. From the simplest to the most advanced, for theatrical, television, film or themed environments solutions will be found for all your applications within this catalogue.
Used Dimmer Racks
Dimmer racks are a specialist device used to control the brightness level of lighting fixtures. Also known as dimmers, these light dimming systems adjust brightness by increasing or decreasing the voltage to the light, affecting how much actual power the lamp receives. By doing this, the light outputâ??s intensity can be adjusted.
Dimmer racks are often used in theatres and concert venues (where they are known as a touring dimmer rack), and specifically controls halogen, resistive incandescent and compact fluorescent lights. For dimming mercury vapor, solid state, fluorescent and other specialist types of lighting, more specialized equipment than a dimmer rack module is needed.
There are several different types of dimmer racks available, starting with the smaller light switch size boxes that are used in homes, all the way up to large consoles which are used in concert venues, theater etc. Such professional dimmer racks are too large to be controlled directly like the ones at home, and so a DMX or DALI control system is used instead.
When dimmer racks used in professional situations, changing the intensity or dimming the lights is known as â??fading upâ? or â??fading downâ?. Itâ??s recommended that lights are not â??fadedâ?? too quickly, as doing so can damage the life expectancy of the lamp in question, although this is less of an issue with more advanced dimmer rack module units.