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Equipment Handling
Proper Lamp Servicing and Operation
Servicing
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When handling a lamp, hold it by the ceramic base while wearing cotton gloves or finger cots. Do
not touch the glass envelope (bulb). If you touch the glass with bare fingers, wipe off any
fingerprints with alcohol.
Heat
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When lamps are lit, the interior of the luminaires becomes very hot. To aid in the airflow
circulation within the luminaires, after dousing the lamps, wait ten minutes before removing power
to the luminaires. This will provide enough time for the equipment fan to cool off the unit.
Lamp Life
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When operating arc lamps, allow luminaires to operate for at least 3 minutes. It takes about 3
minutes for the fill components (mercury and halogen-metal compounds) in the lamp tubes to
vaporize completely. If the lamps are switched off earlier than 3 minutes, the fill components are
partially vaporized. The inadequately vaporized fill components and the electrode material
(tungsten) are deposited in the areas of the lamp tubes that have remained cool. As a result, the
lamp tubes blacken prematurely and reduce the service lives of the lamps.
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If system will be unattended for more than 3-4 hours, luminaire lamps should be doused. Standby
mode should NOT be used for more than 3-4 hours (only applies to systems using an SPC-36
Controller).
Proper Lamp Douse
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The lamp douse switch should be used to douse the arc lamp before disconnecting the pigtail
cable. This will prevent damage to the contacts in the CPC connector, which can be caused by
drawing an arc during disconnect. To douse the lamp, press the lamp douse switch located at the
yoke cross-member. (Refer to
Summary of Contents for VL5+
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