Coemar De Sisti Australia were contracted to supply a complete lighting installation including De Sisti hoists, wiring and dimmers resulting in a complete turn-key system. Peter Kemp, CDA's managing director, surveyed the market for a wall mount dimmer suitable for the application.
"We decided that the LSC Lighting EKO was suitable for the requirements we had for the studio. There were a number of features that we favoured; ease of installation including the facilities within the rack for logging and various functions you can set up with the EKO. They were the best dimmer for the job and fitted the need."
Ease of installation is one of the primary attractions of the EKO dimmer and this factor certainly helped make the Foxtel project run smoothly. The EKO comes in two parts: the install frame, which includes all the data and load connections, and the actual dimmer with its complex electronics.
The install frame was supplied to the building site approximately three months before the studio was due to open thus allowing the building wiring to be terminated in a clear and unhindered manner. The frames were mounted on the wall by the onsite electricians who then terminated the load and data cables, did a full continuity test and then left.
For the next two months other trades, such as tilers, painters, and carpenters, all worked in the same room as the EKO frame without any risks of damaging the sensitive electronics in the dimmers as they were not yet installed.
On the day before commissioning the EKO dimmers were delivered to site where attaching each dimmer to the frame and plugging in all the connectors took less than 45 minutes for all eight dimmers! Photograph number two shows the final result; a good, clean installation ready to go.
(Chris Henry)
