JJonas Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 A bulb in one of our projectors has exploded. Do I have to now have it serviced or replaced or can I just put a new bulb in it? If serviced who does it and how much?
Andrew_C Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Clean it out carefully and replace the lamp, but only if the rest of its gizzards are intact. They may well not be!
Fuzzz Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Be careful! There is probably mercury in that lamp!
JJonas Posted September 15, 2010 Author Posted September 15, 2010 What make / model of projector? Sanyo, dont know the model number.
arthur231283 Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 We have had this happen a few times. Leave the projector to cool down for a while, clean it and and replace the lamp as suggested
JJonas Posted September 15, 2010 Author Posted September 15, 2010 do I need to just clean out the lamp bay? or do I need to remove the projector cover?
speckytecky Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Obviously not under warranty? The reason I ask is the bulbs for the Epsons we have are a shed load of money and we recently had a new replacement Hitachi for one that came in at just over £400. Our Epsons are 7 years old! Sanyo, dont know the model number.
Andrew_C Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Yes, there will have been mercury in the lamp, but very little, and it is now well spread around. There will be glass EVERYWHERE in it, and as others have said, it may well not be worth the effort!
timzim Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Yes, there will have been mercury in the lamp, but very little, and it is now well spread around Erm, it's actually mercury vapour - I'd be surprised if there's ANY of it still around.
Haptic Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 A bulb in one of our projectors has exploded. Do I have to now have it serviced or replaced or can I just put a new bulb in it? If serviced who does it and how much? Most Sanyo projectors being sold to education have 3/5yr de-install re-install warranties/Bulb warranties....worth checking that you're covered! 1
plexer Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 If it's not covered under warranty just get all the glass you can out of the lamp bay and put a new bulb in it. Ben
Homer Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 All of our bulbs that have popped in our Epson projectors (3 so far) are all way under their lamp hours... so Epson just sent new ones out to us. Their lamps contain all of the shards of glass so providing you remove it properly there is no cleaning out to be done! Definately check bulb life!
laserblazer Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Their lamps contain all of the shards of glass Not always the case, so be careful. Put the projector on a sheet of something that you can chuck afterwards befor opening it up.
plexer Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Chuck? Does glass in a projector make you vomit? Ben
Andrew_C Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Erm, it's actually mercury vapour - I'd be surprised if there's ANY of it still around.Only when it is hot. If you look carefully at a cold lamp, you can see the beads of the stuff.
localzuk Posted September 21, 2010 Posted September 21, 2010 Only when it is hot. If you look carefully at a cold lamp, you can see the beads of the stuff. And if said bulb has popped, the mercury vapour would have escaped... Meaning, the mercury would more than likely no longer be in the bulb. I always do bulb replacements in a well ventilated area (usually outdoors to be honest). Means I can give them a good dusting at the same time.
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