www.yellertwoproducts.com GOD I HOPE my bulbs gets here today!!! its been in the city 45 minutes away from my house for about 24 hours... drop the damn thing off already!!
Hey thanks for the site POOH, I noticed on the site it says " we teamed up with DIYlabs.org" I emailed the owner of yellowtwo because if they are just a middle man and ALAN from DIYlabs will be doing the shipping etc IM gonna go someplace else, I have heard too many bad stories about ALAN and his crappy shipping and packing, we will see what if any email responce back I get.
Hey I allready Got a responce back....that was quick
"Thank you for letting me know. Remember Alan and I are associates and work together. Because Alan buys his ballast/bulbs from me, and in turn he does all my lab testing. If the Packing is not right it reflects on me and I like good packing as you will know. But if buy from me (e-mail) or my web site that has been going thru a rebuilding stage lately, I will ship directly from me. If you buy from Alan they will come from him after he gets them from me.
I try to ship every day if possible, sometimes every other or over the weekend. I will admit some of the delay has been due to the time frame that our orders are arriving from IceCap, But I am working on deleting that problem. But If an item is being damaged it is covered by IceCap Warranty. In less it is being caused by shipping and should be covered by the shipping insurance. If we are not packing it well enough than it is our problem. I will make sure to pass on this problem of packing to Alan."
OK so I will prob order from yellowtwo sometime.
"Thank you for letting me know. Remember Alan and I are associates and work together. Because Alan buys his ballast/bulbs from me, and in turn he does all my lab testing. If the Packing is not right it reflects on me and I like good packing as you will know. But if buy from me (e-mail) or my web site that has been going thru a rebuilding stage lately, I will ship directly from me. If you buy from Alan they will come from him after he gets them from me.
I try to ship every day if possible, sometimes every other or over the weekend. I will admit some of the delay has been due to the time frame that our orders are arriving from IceCap, But I am working on deleting that problem. But If an item is being damaged it is covered by IceCap Warranty. In less it is being caused by shipping and should be covered by the shipping insurance. If we are not packing it well enough than it is our problem. I will make sure to pass on this problem of packing to Alan."
OK so I will prob order from yellowtwo sometime.
yeah yellertwo is good about shipping, i dont remember how long it took to get my ballast and cord, but i think it was only a couple days. I was surprised, i figured it was something my mom got off ebay but i read the box and yeah it was fast.... i need to wire my ballast up still though. Im so ****ed the bulb is in the city 45 minutes away from my house and has been there for 24 FUKin hours!!!! DRIVE IT TO MY HOUSE ALREADY!!!! ARGGGGG I HATE FEDEX!!!! ALOT!!!
OK I just ordered the " basic setup" from www.yellertwoproducts.com hopefully It will be here within the week, Then Im gonna retrofit it into My oldschool Portascribe projector and see what I get, tho Im gonna see if Invsol has any Dead Elmos or Dukanes with the good optics. I will post My findings and pictures pictures pictures when I get this.
What are they doing for a reflector? I don't see one for sale... I tried a small stainless steel bowl, but it's not completely round... flat on the bottom... might try to coerce it into roundness... Found a nice large round-bottom SS ladle at Linens n' Things, but it was part of a $40 6-piece set by Oneida. The $10 Calphalon I also found at LnT was an OK size but it wasn't round, it was very oval. The OXO wasn't polished and was the wrong shape... there were some others, but most tended to be too small or unpolished.
Well My OHP had the reflector allready in it( reason why I bought it) so Im not sure what One does if they dont have a Reflecter from a OHP?
hmmm i got my bulb today, its crazy bright... When i first turn it on i was like... is that it? and then it started getting brighter and brighter, and yeah... it got super bright, it made shadows on objects in the room in the middle of the day with the widows unshaded. After i turned it off it tipped over on the carpet burnt a lil and started smoking. Then i put it in the hole of my projector but didnt turn the projector on only the light. The square projection was visable but dim. Im sure if i use a reflector it will work alot better. But after a few minutes it started to smoke so i turned it off. I think and hope, that it just had some carpet still stuck on it and when it got heated up it started bruning it, and not my projector, eitherway im pretty sure its gonna be way to hot. Maybe i can put a plexy glass seperator inbetween the bulb and the light terminal, then replace all the plastic sides of the bulb area with fans. Damn i dont know... and i also dont know what to do about a reflector i wanted to use the original but the hole in the back is to small.
damn, i just looked at the bulb and it has a big brown spot of crustyness on it, im guessing its the burnt carpet. I tried to rub it off with a tissue but it didnt work. Is it dangerous to run it with that crap stuck on it? I hope i didnt just waste 60$.... I also looked inside the projector and it burnt a tiny hole in the top in under a minute, im pretty sure this isnt gonna work... damn... I hope i can find something else to use it on.
Oh and i thought i might add the whole thing runs compleatly silent, i didnt even know the ballast was on.
Hey pooh,
Since noone seems to have mentioned it, it sounds like you aren't being careful enough with your bulb, that thing should be treated pretty carefully! I'd be pretty bummed about having a "brown spot of crustyness" on it 😱. Make sure you aren't touching the bulb with your bare hand either, the oil etc. shortens the life of your bulb. You might want to try cleaning it with some alcohol or something similar. And be careful, don't wanna be starting a fire
good luck,
-rep
Since noone seems to have mentioned it, it sounds like you aren't being careful enough with your bulb, that thing should be treated pretty carefully! I'd be pretty bummed about having a "brown spot of crustyness" on it 😱. Make sure you aren't touching the bulb with your bare hand either, the oil etc. shortens the life of your bulb. You might want to try cleaning it with some alcohol or something similar. And be careful, don't wanna be starting a fire
good luck,
-rep
sadd3j is right. You should use an alcohol swab to handle and install all MH & MSD bulbs. Some bulbs come with it. NEVER with your bare hands.
You'll create hotspots on the bulb.
You'll create hotspots on the bulb.
Yeah I knew to be super careful, but I couldnt wait to power it up. I upluged the ballast and it fell on the floor and dragged the bulb and socket with it. I never touched the bulb with my bare hands, It has a pretty big base to hold on to when handling it. What should i do about the big chunck of carpet stuck to it? Did i just waste 65$? I guess it doesnt matter, i dont know what i would use this damn bulb for anyway... cooking maybe?
okay this may sound too dumb but....
assuming your carpet was nylon or plastic-based, it melted and started burning from the heat of the bulb, right? that means the carpet fiber is a thermoplastic, which means it softens when heated.....get what i'm trying to suggest here???
ok If you still don't get it i'll just say it.
turn your lamp on until it warms enough so you can use a credit card or some smooth edged tool to pry the "softened" thermo plastic off.
should work.
assuming your carpet was nylon or plastic-based, it melted and started burning from the heat of the bulb, right? that means the carpet fiber is a thermoplastic, which means it softens when heated.....get what i'm trying to suggest here???
ok If you still don't get it i'll just say it.
turn your lamp on until it warms enough so you can use a credit card or some smooth edged tool to pry the "softened" thermo plastic off.
should work.
Hey, thanks for the tip, but im afraid it will explode if i mess with it anymore. I might try though. It looks like charcoal right now... so i dont know if its gonna work.
Pooh, I work in the areospace industry, and we use alot of solvents. One of the solvents we use does a fairly decent job of melting most plastics. You might want to give it a try. It wont hurt the glass or the ceramic base. Its called MEK or Methyl ethyl ketone. You can get it at most hardware stores that carry alot of paint supplys. Use protective gloves and try not to breathe much of the fumes, its also extremly flamable so be careful. Ater you wipe the burnt plastic off with some ketone, use a little rubbing alcohal for a final clean.
i don't know if touching aplies the same way to these 250W HQI the same way as it does to normal halogen lamps. i just got my 250W HQI and it is a bulb in a bulb. just like every HQI i guess. so the inner bulb is the real deal and super sensitive, the otuer is protecting it. ok the carpet incident is a real killer. i would throw it away and buy a new one...
but i wonder how sensitive the outer bulb is. because in my setup it's beeing touched by the reflector, wich is a stainless steel bowl. how much pressure can i afford to put on the bulb? should i go back to design and redo the whole thing, so nothing touches the bulb??
but i wonder how sensitive the outer bulb is. because in my setup it's beeing touched by the reflector, wich is a stainless steel bowl. how much pressure can i afford to put on the bulb? should i go back to design and redo the whole thing, so nothing touches the bulb??
I have messed around with different types of halide bulbs and your right, the quartz arc tube is what is fragile. I have run them finger prints all over my 400 watt and 1000 watt standard metal halide bulbs, and never had one scorch the outer envelope. Although, any dirt and or oil on the the outer tube is going to heat up the glass to some degree, and might shorten their life a bit. I would take the cautious rought with these and keep them clean just in case. There is alot less air space between the arc tube and the outer envelope glass on the Hqi compared to the standard mogul bulbs
i had a 400W HQI from philips. this thing was huge! ther bulb was simmilar to normal bulbs but cylindric. the 250W now seems the same size but the protecting bulb is much smaller and thus closer to the light bulb. now i can use more light from it, and save money since 400W is way to expensive!
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