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Author Topic: NEC NC800C lamp life. Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 08-30-2013 05:06 AM                     What its the rated lamp life on the NC800C? I can't find the manual for it at the moment and I need to know how long it's got left when it's put back into use.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 08-31-2013 07:12 PM                     The internal alarm goes off at 1900 hours. An error message comes up saying "error time lamp". Nothing happens though. You can keep running. After 2000 hours, it takes a few times to light. After 2100 hours it starts to go out every once in a while. This has been consistent on 2 machines over 2 years.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-01-2013 12:42 AM                     Thanks Richard, I thought it was 2k hours but I wasn't sure. Need to check the hours on it when it comes back into use next month.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-01-2013 01:25 AM                        Perhaps I'm missing something, but wouldn't lamp life depend on the specific make/model of the bulb rather than the projector? And wouldn't the performance of a bulb over it's life depend on the same?  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-01-2013 01:29 AM                     The NEC NC800C takes just one type of lamp, which is unique to that model of projector, or at least it was at the time the projector was installed, and I think it still is.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 09-01-2013 10:21 AM                     I would love to try a different type of lamp. Ushio is the only one I've been able to get. We have gone through about 6 lamps over 2 years. All have had exactly the same results and that's running the lamp power between 70 and 80 percent.  |  IP: Logged

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