In this episode of the Lighting Controls Podcast co-produced by the Lighting Controls Academy and sponsored by manufacturer MaxLite, hosts C. Webster Marsh and Ron Kuzmar interview industry veteran Mitch Hefter, LC, MIES of Mitch Hefter Consulting. Hefter breaks down the protocols, practices, and pitfalls of lighting controls — from entertainment tech to architectural lighting.
Highlights include:
- The wild world of dimming methods and how your fixtures communicate
- LP6’s total rewrite: 600+ pages of lighting control wisdom
- RP42 decoded — finally, a way to know what “dimmable” actually means
- The difference between 0–10V and 1–10V (yes, it matters)
- Upcoming changes to common standards and how you can get involved
Whether you’re a designer, distributor, or just tired of guessing what “line voltage dimmable” really means — this episode is your decoder ring.
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