Power Daisy Chaining Lights

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Power Daisy Chaining Lights

Hey all! I have a quick question for anyone who has A. Set up light fixtures. B. Owns their own set.

I am making my light rig currently! I have two Tripods each will consist of (all ADJ) a Freq 16, a Fusion FX Tri, a Dekker, and a Galaxian. I’ve got all my control and mounting figured, I just have power distro left.

The Freq 16 will be on it’s own cable due to it’s draw, but i was curious if I could power link the Fusion, Dekker and Galaxian!

Does anyone here have a better idea than I do about this, if I could link those or not?

Cheers,
Prof. S

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Check the current draw on each unit and add it all up?

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It’d be 69W total for those three daisy chained and the Freq16 alone would be 91W.

I am really new at this, does that mean it’d be okay to hook up those three together?

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Check the fuse on the 1st device in the chain. That tells you the maximum current that can go through the whole chain.

P = V * I, so Current(amps) = Power(watts) / Voltage(volts) for each device.

Edit: the fuse on a specific device may be internal so it may not affect the chain, but if your power cable is fused that will of course limit total current.

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oh! Duh. okay thank you!