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Author Topic: Kneisley Lamphouse Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 12-27-2009 07:41 PM                     I was searching for a post on this, but I can't find it. Someone had upgraded the Xenex lamphouse with outboard blowers. Can someone direct me to that post? Also, other than that picture, what and where would be the best place to do this on that lamphouse? (CFM's and location)  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-27-2009 09:18 PM                        You mean this one? Should another blower be added to the side of a Xenex I?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-27-2009 10:08 PM                     I've never had to add any "extra" blowers to either Kneisley up to 4kw... Just the correct stack blower... I reccomend Fantech because they are easy to install, practically vibrationless and really quiet. A little more expensive than a Dayton blower but there is a labor savings you will experience at installation. Dayton has also gone Chineese and are really crapy now. Also check the loovers in the bottom of the lamphouse to be sure they're not clogged with dust... This is fairly common. Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 12-28-2009 07:44 AM                     Paul, it was a different one but thanks anyway. Thanks Mark.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-28-2009 02:36 PM                     The pup had a blower on the side and 4k xenex1 had one as well  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 01-01-2010 09:45 AM                     Richard- I beleive the post you are looking for was one of mine. I'll see if I can locate it for you and come up with a link or post info here. I've sent you a private e-mail with some additional info. -JimC-  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-01-2010 11:54 AM                     quote: The pup had a blower on the side and 4k xenex 1 had one as well There are several 4K Xenex 1's that I service and none of them have it. The Pup had no other place to mount a blower... They all just have the appropriate stack blower...  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-01-2010 01:10 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen just have the appropriate stack blower... And it has to do some serious draw since the stack isn't over the anode, but over the reflector. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 01-05-2010 12:44 PM                     I think this is the conversion Richard was asking about. I responded privately by e-mail but I thought I'd post the info here for thread continuity- The "problem" was that in an effort to get maximum light on the screen, a theater owner was burning a 2K bulb at 2700 watts and couldn't understand why they were burning out every three months. ( ! ) I convinced them to upsize to a 3k bulb but that required making some modifications to their Xenex lamphouses. Here's a "general view" of the set up The exhaust blower on the back was "orignal equipment" installed because the theater had no roof exhaust system. Here are the new blowers added to cool the 3K. Fortunately I was able to borrow a portable pnumatic steel punch to make the 2" holes on top. The blowers are connected to a time-delay relay which turns them on when the bulb is powered up, & turns them off about 15min after the bulb powers down at the end of a show. A pipe elbow & reducer directs air at the (+)end of the bulb. 2 elbows were needed to clear the mirror at the (-) end.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-05-2010 12:56 PM                     (getting to see that using CHR CXL 30R bulbs is getting to be the common practice in direct connecting up the positive cabling and getting rid of that anode cap)  |  IP: Logged

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