I made my own simple switch-box for my lights (about 10 lights) and its just a wooden box with three power ins and 10 power outs. 3 of the ten outs are powered by in1, the next 3 by in2, the next 4 by in3.
I use two par-64s on occaision, however with this box, i am only able to turn them on and off and not fade (and fading is kinda necessary sometimes as these lights are too bright for small areas). So I was planning on getting some faders for them (just basic house-light faders). I wonder, however, since I don't ALWAYS use the pars, but sometiems use other lights in their place (like electras...a few vertigos..topaz...etc those kind of non-fadeable lights) if it would be safe to replace two of the switches with faders for the pars. On occaison, I would have to use these faders for regular lights, though, as well. If I just turned them up fast and rigged something to kind of snap them in place (to hold them up so the fader doesnt accidentally get knocked to half-way or something), would that be damaging to non-fadeable lights like electras or vertigos? (if i just turned up the fader really fast)
If not, I might be able to add a fader after each of the two already-in-place switches (rather than completely replace them) and, for non-fadable lights, just always have the fader up all the way before I flip the switch to on...the only problem with that is that I would have to find space on the box to cut another hole for these extra faders (and would like to avoid that if possible).
Anyone?
Thanks!
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