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Re: NEON- re: dimming stage neon


>>  >>For Eric: how about designing those solid state transformers to
>>  optionally


>Yes, I've bugged Eric I think since they day he signed on.
>

Okay, okay!  I hear you.  Sometimes, I'm a little slow on the uptake but if
you chant it loud enough, I'll probably pick it up off the Cosmic Energy
channel  <big g>.

I'll fly it by engineering.  We're a little pre-occupied right now but I'll
make sure it's considered.  Regards,  Eric

>> dimmers for one of the major theatrical lighting controller
>> manufacturers and we discussed the use of some of his dimmers for
>> testing purposes. At the time he was having some problems with a
>> large neon job installed in Vegas which was on his dimmers and he
>> was having all kinds of problems with it. There are a number of
>> theatrical control standards which could be utilised for control of
>> neon dimming circuitry which I think could be easily utilised with
>> the solid state units.... No?
>
>
>Not to mention that I think just a tiny modification to the Allanson design
will 
>do the trick.
>
>> 
>>  One thing not mentioned about dimming. That is that I find merc
>>  units will dim
>> much easier than the neon ones. Especially in the low end of the
>> range the turn off is smoother and there is less flicker probably
>> due to the argon's lower striking resistance. I find that most
>
>My thought here was that that lower breakover voltage you refer to 
>enables more of a sine-like curve compared to neon.
>
>> modern stage dimmers seem to handle neon without problem if given
>> enough "headroom". The use of a "dummy load" such as Telford
>> mentioned was common in the earlier days (most used 1000W. par cans)
>> but the compensation circuits in modern dimmers seem to handle the
>> phase shifts much better.
>> 
>> 
>
>Yep.  You still occassionally see this.
>
>Kenny
>
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