Update on the Minster electrical work Bruce Jensen, Deputy Churchwarden
As the lockdown has eased slightly, the churchwardens have brought in contractors to complete building work in the Minster. The work has four components:
the opportunity to use the lighting in different ways - for tourism, for services, for concerts - they will return to make adjustments and complete the work.
• All lighting replaced and enhanced; • All electrical wiring replaced and enhanced; • A new audio-visual system with fixed remote-controlled cameras, video mixing station and large TV screens; • Minster-wide wifi.
Our IT supplier Azera Technology installed the wifi and Wimborne’s own Dacombes is supplying the AV system. More information about the changes in the church will be published in future issues. Hopefully we can all soon have a chance to see it!
As this issue goes to press, the work is almost completed. The Minster is now attractively lit and has a 21st-century electricity supply. The wifi and video system will be used for, among other things, broadcasting services from the Minster as we partially reopen, when many of our parishioners will need to stay in isolation.
Above you can see some old wiring that has been removed: electric cables in old churches were often enclosed in pipes, as a safety measure so that they weren’t chewed by mice or rats. The lighting is designed by a specialist firm, Lux Lucis, to bring out the beauty of the building and be adaptable to specific purposes. After we have had
Above: New uplighting shows off the ceiling beams (North Transept).
