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Author Topic: Old Xenons. What to Do? Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-20-2003 06:59 AM                     Hi All again, I have at least a dozen old xenon lamps and I know that I am not supposed to go and throw them in the trash or someone might get hurt. What am I supposed to do with them? Shall I send them somewhere for recycling!!!! Anyway. Please advice Demetris Thoupis  |  IP: Logged Mike Rendall Film Handler Posts: 78 From: Southampton, Hampshire, UK Registered: Nov 2002 posted 01-20-2003 07:34 AM                     I normally wrap them in an old towel or blanket, and then throw them down a flight of stairs - Obviously, you need to ensure that they are well wrapped up, and that there is no-one likely to walk in on you while you do it. If you have an echoey stairwell, the sound can be quite alarming! I know other people generally put them in a skip (wrapped up) and throw a brick at them - Has the same effect. Mike  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-20-2003 07:40 AM                        The idea being that once they've been depressurised, they're no more dangerous than any other broken glass. Even with normal light bulbs I was taught to wrap 'em and smash 'em before throwing them away. Doing so ensures that there is no danger of the bulb breaking and a shard of glass puncturing the bin liner, which could be both dangerous and messy.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-20-2003 08:27 AM                        Some links: http://www.sylvania.com/forum/pdfs/faq0027-1098.pdf http://www.ushio.com/safety.htm http://www.sqpuv.com/high_safety.htm http://osat-ext.grc.nasa.gov/gso/manual/chapter_26.pdf  |  IP: Logged Sam Hunter Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 779 From: West Monroe, LA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-20-2003 12:28 PM                     Take em out to a field and use them for target practice.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-20-2003 12:40 PM                     They make good hand gernades, too.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-20-2003 01:02 PM                        We just changed one a week or so ago and pitched the bad one in the empty dumpster - still enclosed in the protective plastic sheath that is supposed to protect you - in such a way that it would shatter. Well shatter it did, and in doing so it also destroyed the plastic thing that is supposed to protect you.... Makes one wonder if those things just have a placebo effect, and if a lamp actually decided to explode while in one would you really be safe.... Of course they do sound really cool when they go off!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-20-2003 01:21 PM                        Got some neighbors you don't like Paul? Now there was one theatre I worked at that had some dumpy apartments with some real great tenants that we didn't really like...  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2003 08:38 PM                     Well,,,,there is some guy on these forums that did something with them at......... Mark  |  IP: Logged Kris Brunton Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Napanee, Ontario, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-21-2003 08:32 AM                     I usually place them in the bottom of an empty metal popcorn oil can, put the lid back on and give it a good shake.  |  IP: Logged Don E. Nelson Expert Film Handler Posts: 138 From: Brentwood, CA, USA Registered: Nov 2001 posted 01-21-2003 02:57 PM                     ................I eat a lot of KFC chicken, not using any napkins, then I handle the Xenon bulbs with my bare (greasy) fingers, trying to leave a lot of fingerprints for the forensics people. This gets all the anxiety out of my system and helps me to live a stress free life. Sometimes I do this after I have just done an oil change on the Honda.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-21-2003 03:29 PM                     I put it in the plastic shell, then repackage it in the box it came in (I always save all packaging when I install a new bulb), seal up the box really good with duct tape so that no shards of glass can fall out, and throw the box on the ground. I did open the box one time to see what it looked like and the plastic shell was not damaged. But I still would wrap it in something else to be safe.  |  IP: Logged German Marin Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Verbania (VB), Italy Registered: Jul 2001 posted 03-10-2003 09:13 PM                     If it touch the ground vertically it doesn't explode... The LTI plastic protector is very weak and most of the times crash within the lamp.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-10-2003 10:38 PM                     German definately has the right idea...... Target practice is another good lot of fun with them! Mark  |  IP: Logged Andrew Duggan Expert Film Handler Posts: 127 From: Albany, NY, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-10-2003 11:13 PM                        I use them for target practice, too. A Tokarev TT33, a couple of old Xenons and you've got yourself a grand old time.  |  IP: Logged

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