just curious to see if anyone knows if the elation dp 415 can handle the current draw of a single bulb black light fixture. i cant find current consumption anywhere
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Well, it depends on how large the bulb is.
The DP-415 can handle 5 amps of current per channel, and doing the math at watts/volts to get amperage:
1800w/120v=15 amps.
1800w/15a=120watts/amp
120 watts*5a=600 watts.
That's a very powerful bulb.
But, you'll want to set your DP-415's channels to SWITCHING mode, not DIMMING mode. With this fixture, it's either all channels in switched mode or all in dimming mode.
What are you having problems finding consumption data? The UV light or the DP-415?
The DP-415 can handle 5 amps of current per channel, and doing the math at watts/volts to get amperage:
1800w/120v=15 amps.
1800w/15a=120watts/amp
120 watts*5a=600 watts.
That's a very powerful bulb.
But, you'll want to set your DP-415's channels to SWITCHING mode, not DIMMING mode. With this fixture, it's either all channels in switched mode or all in dimming mode.
What are you having problems finding consumption data? The UV light or the DP-415?
just using your standard wall mart 48" florescent bulb.so i guess it would be more or less the current consumption of the ballast i'm curious about. i'm getting ready to convert a club to full dmx control using my dmx, and the black light rig was my only concern. there just doesnt seem to be much data available for me to use ohms law
You're fine wiht those 48" bulbs, provided you have the proper ballast and all. Basically, if you can plug it into the wall and it's working, then you're fine plugging it into the DP-415. I can't imagine that drawing more than a 200 watts max, and I'm sure that's an overage. Chances are the tubes only draw 40 or so watts each based on quick research.
I chose the ADJ 64 LED UV for my blacklight solution. But I needed a more narrow throw so this worked great. Plus it is natively DMX, which was a nice plus.
You obviously need bigger coverage than what I need. The only other suggestion would be to go with a pre-made ADJ solution that offers basically the same thing(long tube in a single tube ballast mount assembly). The costs are cheap. The advantage of the ADJ solution is the ballast is designed to work better with the light's output, where-as the Wal-mart type solution, the ballast tends to be white so the reflection might not be as nice. I suppose you could spray paint the whole thing black. I don't see any harm on this since there is very little heat being generated by the ballast and the tube.
I chose the ADJ 64 LED UV for my blacklight solution. But I needed a more narrow throw so this worked great. Plus it is natively DMX, which was a nice plus.
You obviously need bigger coverage than what I need. The only other suggestion would be to go with a pre-made ADJ solution that offers basically the same thing(long tube in a single tube ballast mount assembly). The costs are cheap. The advantage of the ADJ solution is the ballast is designed to work better with the light's output, where-as the Wal-mart type solution, the ballast tends to be white so the reflection might not be as nice. I suppose you could spray paint the whole thing black. I don't see any harm on this since there is very little heat being generated by the ballast and the tube.
right on man, thanks for the help.i found a simple 1 channel profile in the library that im gonna use for it
I'd tweak it and adjust it and then re-save it. I'd probably put a UV-looking purple with the profile as well so it seems to show up OK in the 3D Visualizer.
Have fun!
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