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Topic: Help- Xenon XCN Console
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-26-2000 06:32 PM
Forgive me for asking a stupid question but have you verified that any and all interlock switches are closed?I have taken NUMEROUS calls from people at theatres who don't know what to do and EVERY SINGLE TIME it was a bad interlock (safety) switch. We had to drive 250 miles only to find that one of the switches was bad. (To the theatre's credit, it was a hidden switch) Usually there's a switch on the door(s). Maybe one in the "stack" and likely one on the lamp blower. You'll find "proof paddles" on the blower switches. Make sure they haven't come loose and that the switches are all okay. Again, I don't want to sound like I'm saying something stupid but we've fielded literally a DOZEN calls for this very thing. Every single one was due to a busted interlock / safety switch.
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John Walsh
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From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 08-27-2000 12:29 AM
If it's the same as ours, the XCN console (configured to run a 4000 watt lamp) has 3 interlock switches; one each in the upper and lower door key lock, and another in the larger door in the back (interlocked with the allen screw.) Also, some models have an "air-flow" vane switch (shuts off the power to the contactor if there's no air flow.) That micro-switch gets dirty, and won't move. Although, if the contactor pulls in, the interlock switches are probably OK.There's a small fuse inside that's special; it's round and looks a little like a transistor. It's on the PC board next to the hour meter (on the inside.) It's part of the ingition system. I'm assuming you already checked the 3AG fuse, and the mechanical circuit breaker (button.) I usually only change the one diode that went bad; they are not "matched" to each other or anything.
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