The challenges of meeting these constant set-up demands gave Faith EPC administrators an appreciation for equipment that is durable, dependable and easy to work with. So when the church finally fulfilled its long-held dream of constructing its own building in 2008, it wanted a lighting system that was user friendly and reliable, in addition to being performance-driven and priced within its budget.
Based on these criteria, Faith's technical and creative director Tom Moyer put together a lighting ensemble comprised largely of LED fixtures from Elation Professional. The system includes 12 Elation Opti Tri Par LED par-style fixtures and four Design LED Tri-Brick LED colour wash bricks, both of which provide RGB colour mixing.
Both DMX-compatible units also feature Elation's Tri-Color LED Technology, whereby each LED lamp contains three different-colour LED diodes (red, green and blue), resulting in smoother colour mixing and the elimination of multi-colour shadows. An Elation Opto Branch 4 DMX distributor is used to send the DMX control signal to the fixtures.
The system was obtained from and installed by Advanced Light and Sound (Troy, MI). Moyer, who worked closely with Advanced's Bob Minchella, said he chose the Opti Tri Par and DLED 36 Tri-Brick because they filled a number of the church's needs. "We'd been looking for an LED option, because we wanted to reduce operational costs going into the building," Moyer explained. The Elation LEDs' low power consumption, along with their 50,000-hour lamp life, were ideal for keeping a lid on energy and maintenance costs."
(Jim Evans)
