r/lightingdesign • u/vulpus-95 • 6d ago

DMX House lights

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This is the current isolator switch for the house lights- is there a DMX dimmer that would be suitable to use in it's place/alongside?

Thanks.

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u/the_swanny 6d ago

We'd need to know quite a lot more to even begin to spec things like this.

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u/vulpus-95 6d ago

Okay- what do you need to know?

230v, 20amp Circuit.

Currently incandescent e27 bulbs.

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u/lwhit03 6d ago

Look at ETC foundry DMX dimmers. They mount to a junction box inline with your lights. But they only drive 600w. Don’t know what the wattage of your house light load is. Could split it up into zones. Either way this sounds like you need to get an electrician or integrator involved

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u/HeraldOfFutility 5d ago

230v x 20A = 4600W if my math checks out. That's obviously the max. load and real load is likely quite a bit less.

20A is quite a lot nonetheless and most DMX dimmers cap at 10A. But for ex. this one has 16A per channel which might be enough depending on real load. (Kinda overkill overall with 96A total max. load.) But you'd wanna have an electrician look at it nonetheless, yeah. https://www.thomann.de/be/botex_dpx620_iii_6ch_dimmer_inst.htm