4. Lamp & Lamp House
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Image 4-1
A Lamp house.
B X enon lamp.
The xenon lamp is packed in a protective container or wrapped in a pr otective cloth. Never remove this protective container or
protective cloth without wear ing adequate p rotective clothing (face shield, c lean leather glovers, welder ’s jac ket).
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Left: Xenon lamp in protective container. Right: Xenon lamp wrapped in protective cloth.
CAUTION: Xenon comp act arc lamps are highly p ressu
rized. W hen ignited, the normal operating temperature
of the bulb increases the pressure to a level at which the bulb may explode if not handled in strict accord ance
to the manufacturer’s instructions. The bulb is stable at room temperature, but may still explode if dropped or
otherwise mishandled. W h enever the
lamp h ouse, containing a xenon lamp , has to be dism antled or when ever
the protective container or cloth has to be removed from the xenon lamp , authorized protective clothing MU ST
be worn!
Lamp s t rike policy and lamp warning/error policy versus the lamp runtime
• The projector issues a lamp run time notification message (end have blue status LE Ds) approximately 30 hours before the
maximum lamp runtime occurs.
• The projector issues a lam p run time notification message (end have blue status LED s) when the maximu m lamp runtime
occurs.
• The projector will alway s try to strike the lamp, independent of the lamp runtime.
Cathode adaptor
A cathode adaptor is required to mount the x enon lamp in the lamp hous e. The cathode adapter has to be mounted upon the cathode
side of the xenon lamp prio
r to mounting the lamp in the lamp house. The purpose o f the cathode adapter is to position the arc of
the xenon lam p in the middle of the r eflector inside the lam p house.
Image 4-3
Cathode adaptor (R858100K)
22 R5905050 DP2K C-SERIES 10/07/2012