Multidim Price?

[Mush]

As the Showtec/Botex Multidim DMX gets reve reviews around here, anyone any idea who has best UK price, CPC is 75 odd plus VAT and Thomann run about £68 icl VAT but with shuko sockets, say they cant get IEC socket version.Looking for 3 off and probably a Behringer LC24/12 at a resonable price in UK or shipped here.

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[benweblight]

£120 from dfb-uk.com (sorry if there is problem with this?), but ive heard they can be found cheaper, if u want a behringer desk I know a great price for one

[Mush]

Errr...DFB are at £115 incl VAT

 

http://www.soundlightuk.com/Showtec/multidim.htm

 

Please I`m trying to save someone money.

 

CPC part of Farnell are at £74.62 +VAT = £87.68 for 3 + off

 

http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/product.asp...uct%5Fid=272238

 

Thomann Germany show the schuko socket version at £67.10 incl VAT

 

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw2_artikel-168011.html

 

Thomann are listing the LC24/12 at £141.66

 

http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/artikel-161602.html?iwid=2

 

With a bit of pushing, Thomann,got the international sales guy on the phone whose English is better than my German, tell me they can supply the IEC UK version of the multidim, price tbc should be same.

 

To be fair Blue Aran are offering the Behringer desk at similar price but with £16 carriage, which coincidentally is what Thomann charge for carriage for any size order to the UK. Been unable to get any reply from Blue Aran on dimmer pricing.

 

From what I have heard Thomann have good reputation for delivery and backup so barring a better quote coming in, looks like best deal.Will report back with my experiences ;-)

[SceneMaster]

I was going to say won't buying products overseas be expensive because of shipping but I suppose £16 for any size order from Germany is quite good. :P But surely there is a maximum size and weight for £16 and what about payment charges to overseas banks (are there any) :( ?

[Brian]

According to the Thomann site it's £16 whatever you buy. They take UK credit cards so no obvious bank charges.

[peter]

I've had around 80m of audio multi's delivered under the £16 - my guess is that they'd honour it whatever the order - although I'd like to see someone order 20 x Mac 2000 Performance and pay £16 for delivery :(

 

 

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[Mush]

Thomann accept credit cards which are international , the advantage is that they are billing in GBP rather than Euro,

if you make a payment with a credit card in other than your native currency, the credit card company will pick the worst moment for you, exchange rate wise to execute the conversion, then charge you a percentage on top.

 

There are usually limits on a single parcel size, 25Kg is common , driver has to lift thing off truck, and combined lenght, width, height limits. Larger than this in a single item it will probably be palletised.

 

Reckon Thomann have done their sums on carriage charges, most of their items are small and high value, even if carriage is more than they are charging you, there is enough profit margin to pay for it.

 

Good to hear of another satisfied customer, reassuring, guess if you ordered 20 pieces MAC 2K Performance they might even wave the £16 shipping ;-)

[Mush]

Just clarify, Thomann actually bill your CC in Euro`s so will pay conversion charges, which won`t be extreme but worth knowing.

 

If you have an enquiry, phoning appears to work better than email.

 

Phoning front desk and asking for enquiry in English appears to work better than using direct number for department and hoping to get English speaker on other end. Unless of course you speak German. Yes, am embarrassed that only speak one language.

 

Multidim price with 8 IEC, shucko one illustrated but IEC available to order, price confirmed at €99, £67.10 incl VAT or whatever converts back to.

 

Delivery is £15 per order irrespective of size, will report back when it arrives.

[Mush]

hate to reply to me own thread but anyway

 

At other end of dimmer market ;-)

After ordering online late on Friday night, majority of my order arrived by Securicor Omega yesterday morning, majority as IEC socket dimmers are not stock item , they are to follow.4 working days from Germany is pretty good, price packing and service have all been good.

[SceneMaster]

£120 from dfb-uk.com (sorry if there is problem with this?), but ive heard they can be found cheaper, if u want a behringer desk I know a great price for one

Where can you get a great Behringer price its no good telling us you cna get one without telling us where. (I've been told this before by other member :** laughs out loud **: ) I looking into getting one of these desk so where and who is your good supplier and how much? :P

[benweblight]

with a multidim, what would make a fuse blow other than an overload?

ive been through 2 yesterday and I was only pushing 0.3-0.6k max, a lamp did go, but when I chaged fuse new fuse blew shortly after, not sure if when I put loa through or not, any ideas?

[TomLyall]

Wiring fault, short circuit, dodgy batch of fuses possibly, or if you put the wrong fuse in, either do a quick visual check inside the unit or let someone competent have a look

[benweblight]

it says 3a above th fuses, I put a 5a in, would that be it?

[peter]

If it says 3A above the fuse holder, then you should fit a 3A fuse. The rating is there for a reason - the internal wiring and such will be rated accordingly - and fitting a larger fuse could cause the components to have a bigger current through them than they are designed for. A fuse in a circuit should be the smallest capacity component - it should fail before anything else.

 

As for why the fuses are failing, it was probably the blown lamp the first time, although the second could've been a faulty fuse or some other fault - possibly when the lamp went in the fixture it took something inside the dimmer. Try cross plugging the channel and see if it blows on another channel. If it does, theres a problem outside the dimmer. If cross plugging works, try swapping the fuse from the working channel to the non working one.

 

Good luck.