"The new cETL rating comes as great news for us and our customers," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "The Design Spot 250 and PD-80 had to pass the very strictest safety and quality inspections in order to merit this internationally recognised seal of integrity. Our cETL status ensures that you are purchasing a high-quality product that is professionally built and completely safe to operate."
The Design Spot 250 DMX moving head is a "hybrid" effect that's both a spot and wash in one. The ultimate rental unit for any production, show or corporate event - as well as a versatile fixture for permanent installation in theatres, concert halls, and churches - this 16-channel, 250-watt spotlight offers both frost and iris capabilities. Equipped with dual gobo wheels, the Design Spot 250 allows users to create a morphing effect via gobo overlay. It includes 14 interchangeable metal and glass gobos (7 rotating, 7 static), and 8 dichroic filters (7 colors plus white). The Design Spot 250 also features true UV filter, which, combined with its frost filter and high-output lamp, delivers a UV wash effect.
The Design Spot 250 is also available in a white colour finish, suitable for churches and other installations with a light décor (Design Spot 250WH), and this unit is cETL approved too.The PD-80 controller is included with the 8-unit Octopod 36, Octopod 80 and Riva 80 LED lighting systems from Alkalite. The control pack gives the user 6, 12, 24, or 48 DMX channels to work with, so you can control all eight pods at once or manipulate each one individually. It also comes with nine stand-alone chase programs featuring both speed and fade control. Like all Alkalite products, the PD-80 is distributed exclusively by Elation Professional in North America.
Alkalite's Octopod 36, Octopod 80 and Riva 80 are networks of 8 LED lighting pods that use RBG color-mixing technology to produce a range of colours. The Octopod 36 comprises 8 small pods containing 36 LEDs each: 12 red, 12 blue and 12 green. Each pod measures 4.5" by 6" by 4.25" and weighs 0.5 lbs. The Octopod 80 has 8 large lighting pods, each equipped with 90 LEDs: 30 red, 30 green and 30 blue. The system's individual pods measure 6.5" by 4.5" and weigh 1.5 pounds. The Alkalite Riva 80 system features 8 large, recessed pods of 27 red, 18 green and 35 blue LEDs. Each pod of the Riva 80 measures 6.5" by 4.5" and weighs 1.5 lbs.
"All of the components of our Design Spot 250 moving head and PD-80 controller were disassembled right down to the wires and inspected against Canadian and U.S.-set regulations," Loader said. "The fact that both great products achieved cETL approval reaffirms that our quality controls are in place at Elation, and that every single fixture is of the same high quality as the last one that was produced. In order to retain this seal of approval, we need to ensure that our factory production methods remain outstanding."
(Chris Henry)
