Smart Bar "ghosting"

We have a 4 channel Smart Bar dimmer in our booth and recently it has taken to ghosting on us . . to make matters worse (unlike when the D20's ghost) the Smart Bar does NOT eventually go out . .

anyway to stop this behavior . . .

thanks . .

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RickR over 13 years ago

Are talking about dimmers staying on after losing DMX? Or low light levels when the sliders are down?

What to do after losing DMX is a setting in the SmartBar. The other is an electronics failure.
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RickR over 13 years ago

Are talking about dimmers staying on after losing DMX? Or low light levels when the sliders are down?

What to do after losing DMX is a setting in the SmartBar. The other is an electronics failure.
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Paul Theisen over 12 years ago in reply to RickR

it seems to be a "no DMX" issue .. very low level .. maybe 1% enough to make the filaments glow but not enough to emit light from the fixture. . .

I actually thought we solved this problem last year when I first posted but it's back . .
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tomsteer over 12 years ago in reply to Paul Theisen

Hey Paul,

You mention that this bar is in your booth - what type of load is it running (tungsten lamps, LEDs, compact fluorescent, etc)? And what wattage?

SCR dimmers inherently have a lower limit of loads below which they don't run reliably - I am wondering if this is what you are seeing..

-Tom
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