using alternative lighting in projectors

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well i telephoned the guy selling these and he only knows the lumen, wattage and he said they run 120 volts which is ideal for my projector🙂 as thats what my bulb runs at

think i will go ahead and try one of these preferably the tube shaped one as its the closest to my bulb

fido
 
yes 4000 lumen and the bulbs are vertical he said that they can also be used as a point light source which is why i,m so excited about trying them, i,ve ordered mine online 2day, keeping my fingers crossed though as i would hate for something bad happening to my projector
i suppose some has to be a gunea pig so i,m volunteering

£12.14 uk
metal halide
150 watts
lumen 4000
hours 9000
120 volts running
igniter starting


fido
 
Re Fido's bulbs,

Ooohhh, nice!!! I've been looking for a decent HQI bulb that does not have a colour temperature of 10,000K, and this could be it!

Most of the ones I have seen are from aquarium suppliers, and they don't tend to do the daylight/warm-white variety.

Thanks!!!

Bill.
 
yipee😎 🙂 😎 🙂 😎

good news folk got my bulbs today 3 of em (lightning fast service)..... and after a little modification to the module i,ve got it working and i must say the brightness of these bulbs is a big improvement over my original bulb, and no screen hot spots either with very crisp white light i used the neutral type, the good news is it isnt creating too much heat either i was worried about this at first but i have watched 2 movies continuous i then decided to take out the lamp module and check for scorched interior and it looks fine🙂

I have now ordered another 3.

i hope you guys have success with these lamps too, oh i forgot to say i was given some ceramic type cement from a friend and i used this to hold the bulb in place after modifying the hole entrance to the module, damn thing took nearly 2 hours to take out the existing ceramic by tediously scraping at it. but well worth it in the end

someone could be on a fortune wagon here by mass producing these things and dramatically undercutting the big boys

fido 😉 😎 😉
 
yes xblocker i use it in my original projector with original power supply.... its awesome aint it 😎
for those who intend using in there original reflector when placing the bulb make sure the dome part of the filament is at the point source location on the parabolic reflector

@xblocker: how do u mean about the sensor ?


fido
 
oh i see dunno i,ll maybe look into this as its always good to be safe, i,m over the moon that these bulbs have a lifespan of 9000 hours, i will probs use this as a regular TV now that i know the bulbs wont break the bank. 🙂 🙂
and another good thing now is my projector is now 4000 lumen and not 450, and i can really tell in the daylight now the difference in the light its much brighter so i may put a sensor in just in case the lcd panels dont like the new brightness


fido
 
fido,
how long did you work to fiddle this new lamp together? What special parts did you need? I'm asking, 'cause some day i will have the same problem! My new projectors lamp (UHP 120W) has only 50 hours now and should last 4000h, but you never know...!
It could explode very unexpected, and a new one costs me 550$, so it may be worth to think about such a solution!

xblocker
 
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