melkin Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 hey guys, Just a quick one. Does anybody know where I can get a old style act 6 dimmer from and if indeed it is possible to still get them at all. Obviously 2nd hand and used but just wandered if anybody knew of anywhere I could get hold of one from. Many thanks in advance Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Used lighting have a few is there any reason you specifically want an Act 6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkin Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Thanks ben, Yeah I have 12 in a very old studio at work and 1 has broke so I just figured if I could get a old replacement I could just swap it straight out.Cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Thanks ben, Yeah I have 12 in a very old studio at work and 1 has broke so I just figured if I could get a old replacement I could just swap it straight out.Cheers Mark Whats happened to it? it may be just as easy to repair it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkin Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 HEY, Every single coil has burnt out inside and all the wiring needs replacing too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyspark Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Every single coil has burnt out inside and all the wiring needs replacing too!That's pretty spectacular and doesn't fit my image of something that 'just broke'. Surely it hasn't been run with nails in all six fuseholders and overloads on all channels? Yes, we've seen fried chokes, just in one's and twos. IIRC the last few Act 6s I repaired had unremarkable faults; a dead LM324 here, a shorted triac there, but... all the wiring burnt out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkin Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 yeah, slowly over a period of time the channels died one by one apparently until they'd all gone then when I opened it up I was equally as shocked as u were to find everything burned out and all the wiring so burnt that the pvc insulation had gone brittle and had several bare wires on show. I'm guessing it had been ridiculously overloaded over a good period of time, probably shorted out once the pvc insulation started coming off the internal wiring hence all the burn outs and blackness inside, all of this before my arrival of course as when I started in june there was only one channel working then and when that went I asked if anyone had ever bothered to look inside and they hadn't then when I did look inside I found that great big burnt out black mess, and it stunk too as u can imagine!!!! However I have since also checked inside the other 11 and they are all absolutely fine! regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springgrove Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Just a quick one. Does anybody know where I can get a old style act 6 dimmer from and if indeed it is possible to still get them at all. Obviously 2nd hand and used but just wandered if anybody knew of anywhere I could get hold of one from. They often appear on eBay - £50/100, depending on condition and whether DMX, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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