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Author Topic: XENON LAMP LIFE EXTENTION Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 10-22-2014 01:03 AM                        Dear All Kindly Share The TIPS For XENON Lamp Life Extention and increasing of Intensity and Realted of lamps Thanks And Regards Shibupaul  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-22-2014 10:00 AM                     - Don't strike the lamp (turn it on) if it isn't needed, and leave the lamp on rather than turn off and back on if it will be off for less than half an hour to an hour. Lamp starts damage the electrodes slightly, equivalent to about that running time. - Leave fans running for 10 minutes after lamp shutdown - Make sure there is enough exhaust airflow and that internal lamp cooling fans are clean: these clog with dust rather quickly especially if the projector get oily air. If you can smell snack bar cooking smells in the projection booth, it is getting oily air. - Rotate the lamp (if possible) about 1/2 of its warranty life. - Do not extend life past the lamp's rated service life (check the lamp data, this is a more hours than the "warranty life") as a lamp failure past service life means you pay for the lamphouse damage; presumably the India lamp warranty is the same as here and the lamp maker pays for damage from a lamp inside its service life. Replacement mirror kits are $2000+. Inspect the lamp regularly. If the light is flickering or the envelope is going dark, it should be replaced. Flickering or hard starting lamps should be returned for a warranty claim. Darkening envelope may suggest low cooling airflow.  |  IP: Logged Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 10-22-2014 10:33 AM                        Thank you Dave sir For Sharing your expierience we are using Christie 2220 projector And Christie lamp 3kw in 85% Power used, after 1200 Hours increase the power 85% to 95% its correct ? last time we are using philips 3kw lamps but no any difrent in lights of philips and christie lamps Any problem in light engine ? we maximum using 1500 hours each lamp Shibupaul  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 10-22-2014 01:23 PM                        If applicable to your situation, stop shows when attendance is 0. In my experience, any multiplex operating 7 days a week will occasionally have shows where nobody shows up. Turning off the lamp after 20-30 minutes of no ticket sales will conserve bulb hours. In my smaller auditoriums, this may buy an extra week over the course of the roughly 6 month life of the bulb.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-22-2014 02:42 PM                     Look into the "L" line of Ushio bulbs. For example: DXL-30BAF comes out at 1300 hrs for warranty pull. DXL-30BAF/L comes out at 1700 hrs for warranty pull. Stay away from Osram and Philips bulbs. Good luck - Monte  |  IP: Logged Brian D. Whitish Expert Film Handler Posts: 103 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-23-2014 01:25 AM                     Actually I have had very good luck with Phillips XDC-3000b. Using them in a Barco DP2K23B and DP2K15C. Bulbs have never flickered or failed to strike up to their warrentied hours of 1500.  |  IP: Logged Annli Com Expert Film Handler Posts: 140 From: ShibuPaul-India Registered: May 2014 posted 10-23-2014 01:55 AM                        Dear All How to dispose a used lamp safely and what are the remedial for flickering of lamps for continuing a show upto show hours? By Shibupaul  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 10-23-2014 02:23 AM                     A flickering, unstable lamp can be anything. Unstable power supply to the lamp, driving the lamp at an to high amperage, a damaged cathode, etc. If you have the issue only with the current lamp, it's most probably a lamp related issue and might be a warranty case. The manual of your projector should contain lamp replacement instructions. Philips also provides this video on-line for a CP-4230, so you get an idea. The procedure for a CP-2220 is similar, but you should still check your manual for the differences.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-23-2014 04:17 AM                     To dispose a bulb safely and never toss an unexploded bulb in the refuse bin for liability reasons: Have the bulb in the hard plastic clamshell and place it back in the box and tape the opening closed. I usually take out any supportive cardboard so the clamshell is the only item in the box and unsupported. Do a dead drop of the box from a height over 6 ft and the sudden impact of the box hitting a hard surface will shatter (explode) the bulb. Toss the box with the shattered bulb in the refuse bin.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-23-2014 05:13 AM                     Some people wrap the bulb in multiple layers of old cloth, an old blanket, etc. (at least 2-3 layers!), then throw a brick on the center part. Then discard with the cloth. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 10-23-2014 08:48 AM                     If you're afraid to blow things up with those glass grenades, Philips and Osram also take old lamps back for "recycling" (at least around here), I'm not sure Ushio does so too.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-23-2014 10:27 AM                     quote: Annli Com Dear All How to dispose a used lamp safely I use them for target practice! We grind the tips of the lamps off and then fill them with Tannerite! P.S., Do not try this at home! Mark  |  IP: Logged Buck Wilson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 894 From: St. Joseph MO, USA Registered: Sep 2010 posted 10-23-2014 11:26 PM                     We save up half a dozen at a time and on any given building maintenance day (Wednesday mornings) will lob the unshielded bulbs into the empty open-topped dumpster from the projection booth balcony. Makes for a nice show.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-24-2014 02:27 AM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer Do a dead drop of the box from a height over 6 ft and the sudden impact of the box hitting a hard surface will shatter (explode) the bulb. At one of my former workplaces there was an elevator in the building. My boss took advantage of this for xenon bulb disposal: he'd lock the car out at the top floor and shut the power off, then open the door of the floor immediately below it, and from there throw the bulb down the shaft three floors (about 50-60 feet, I'd guess) to the bottom. One kaboom later, climb into the bottom of the shaft with a dustpan and brush, clear up the bits of bulb; job done.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 10-24-2014 03:42 AM                     Looks like you could fill five episodes worth of Mythbusters with a bunch of xenon lamps alone .  |  IP: Logged

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