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Author Topic: Barco 20C integrator rod replacement Michal Matys Film Handler Posts: 70 From: Prague, Czech Republic Registered: Nov 2014 posted 11-09-2015 05:52 AM                    Hi guys, I am about to replace integrator rod in Barco 20C projector. I have seen the manual, but I have decided to ask you if you have any tips and tricks on replacing the integrator? What to be carefull about etc. I know that it can go really wrong if you dont do it properly, so I want to be prepared. Thank you Michal  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-09-2015 01:38 PM                     I've done it and don't remember it as having any tricks. Just follow the manual, and try to do it somewhere fairly clean. I don't know if this is common, but I found one with the small lens after the integrator cracked in half. Take a look at everything in there when the cover is off.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-10-2015 12:35 AM                     Barco now sells the lens(es) as a service part(s) too.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 11-10-2015 01:00 AM                     Interesting... found one of those lenses cracked in half too! No apparent effect on a white field though - not sure on light level. Sounds like a common issue now!  |  IP: Logged Miguel Cruz Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Mexico City Registered: Nov 2012 posted 11-10-2015 10:03 AM                     In Mexico, in Cinepolis during the last half of 2013 hundreds of these crystals was changed by manufacturing defect, was the argument of Barco at the time.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-10-2015 12:26 PM                     I only ever had one fail and it was in a Series one Christie ZX. For what ever reason a chip fell out of the corner of the input end of the rod. Christies are about the easiest to replace out there. Mark  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 11-10-2015 02:19 PM                     Miguel, Interesting, thanks. It would have been nice to have an info-T so we could check projectors on field while servicing.  |  IP: Logged

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