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Salazar

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    Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting Electrician at the Cape Breton University Boardmore Playhouse, a 350 seat Community / University Theatre on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Also Resident Lighting Designer and Head Technician at the Highland Arts Theatre (The HAT), a 550 seat Theatre (converted from a historic church) in downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
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    Kenneth (Ken) A. Heaton

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    Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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    Theatre Lighting, Photography, Sailing/Coastal Cruising

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  1. Actually, I ended up purchasing a couple of the used dimmer modules from Dennis back in 2016. ...and he has since found a few other, hard to acquire parts (one circuit board was no stock in North America and in England but he got us one) for our Martin TW1's. Good service.
  2. That would be ETC's Augment3d, not yet released: https://www.etcconnect.com/Products/Consoles/Eos-Family/Augment3d/FAQs.aspx
  3. The Dimmer Rack in the photo the OP included is a photo of a Strand CD80 Rack which was (is still?) a very common rack in North America. Strand still produces Dimmer Modules and replacement Processors for them. There were a few versions over the years (Reporter, Supervisor, etc.) and were first produced around 1980 (hence the CD80 name). One in a local theatre is still going strong after 25 years or so. They are quite robust but they don't last forever. One source of parts is here: https://www.johnsonsystems.com/strand_cd_2000_3000.htm Depending on the version, the CD80 Rack Processor (installed in the bottom of the rack, below the dimmer modules) can either recognise which Dimmer Modules in the rack are Non-Dims, or has to be told (it is a setting in the Processor). A local CD80 I use, for the Non-Dim to operate correctly, has to be told through the face panel menu if I move a Non-Dim from one slot to another in the rack. Perhaps someone has been messing with the settings in the rack processor? Or it is on its way out...
  4. The Elation Platinum Beam 5R is not at all silent. The fans will run anytime the light is on and you may find them too noisy for the church. We have half a dozen in our theatre and while I find them useful I don't use them for spoken voice shows (shows with no mikes on the cast), only for shows where the full cast is miked, such as musicals, concerts, etc.
  5. Our theater http://www.highlandartstheatre.com has 4 Martin MAC TW1 wash lights. Two have the optional Internal 80V Dimmer Module installed, and two have the Multi-voltage IGBT internal dimmer unit. We'd like to change them all to use the 80 volt lamp so we would like to find two of the (Martin Part No. 91614026) Internal 80V Dimmer Module Kits for a reasonable price. Did I mention we are located in Nova Scotia, Canada? We have been quoted CAN$ 1,376.00 per kit by a local vendor but I feel we may be able to find a couple out there for less thank that. Any suggestions? Anyone scrapping a couple of these who would like to sell us the dimmer modules?
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