I have seen home made versions of this before.

Roadies or stage hands what ever you want call them use a home made version.

Usually 2 NEMA 5-15 male cord caps running into a 30 amp 3 wire dryer outlet or a 50 amp 3 wire range outlet.

This will power a dimmer rack and the roadie just does not crank up all dimmer banks at once.

I have seen DJs, and small rock shows use this method.

If you open the box I imagine the only "electronics" will be for the indicating LEDs.


Bob Badger
Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Massachusetts