Replacing Glass on OHP

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The glass on my OHP is scratched very badly and I plan on replacing it. Would it be a good or bad thing to replace it with IR blocking glass?? I see good and bad things with it.

Good: I assume it would keep heat away from my LCD screen which I am paranoid about burning up.

Bad: Would all that heat stay inside teh OHP causing more problems??

Curious for your input
 
Is the stage glass necessary?

I recently purchased an OHP where the stage glass was broken. Replacing is an option, but I wondered if I'm using it as LCD projecter and I install a fan to blow between the OHP stage and the LCD to keep the LCD cool, do I actully need the stage glass?

Will the fan keep the LCD cool enough?

Is there some other issue (besides heat) that would cause problems if I didn't replace the stage glass?

Thanks.
 
try it!

Sounds to me like you can do without it. If it was just a flat piece of glass, without any fresnel rings, etc., then all it did was to give you a flat surface for transparencies.

I would try going without it, but measure the temperature of your LCD while it is running. If you want the LCD to run cooler, then you could get a piece of DIYprojectorCompany's IR filter glass cut to the right size. It is not very expensive, and it does a good job of blocking IR. Only downside is that it blocks about 20% of the visible light too.

One caveat: If hot air blows up toward the LCD, then you should replace the glass.
 
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