Introduction - Barco Prometheus I Safety & Instruction Manual

4. Lamp & Lamp House
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Introduction

Lamp and Lamp House
The Prometheus I projector is delivered with a manual or motorized S/M Lamp House without lamp, the Prometheus II projector is
delivered with a manual or motorized XL Lamp House without lamp.
The xenon bulb lamp is delivered separately and has to be installed on site by a qualified service technician.
The xenon bulb lamp is packed in a protective container or wrapped in a protective cloth. Never remove this protective container or
protective cloth without wearing adequate protective clothing (face shield, clean cotton gloves, welder's jacket).
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Left: Xenon lamp in protective container. Right: Xenon lamp wrapped in protective cloth.
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of the bulb increases the pressure to a level at which the bulb may explode if not handled in strict accordance
to the manufacturer's instructions. The bulb is stable at room temperature, but may still explode if dropped or
otherwise mishandled. Whenever the lamp house, containing a xenon lamp, has to be dismantled or whenever
the protective container or cloth has to be removed from the xenon lamp, authorized protective clothing MUST
be worn!
Lamp strike policy and lamp warning/error policy versus the lamp runtime
• The projector issues a lamp run time notification message (end have blue status LEDs) approximately 30 hours before the
maximum lamp runtime occurs.
• The projector issues a lamp run time notification message (end have blue status LEDs) when the maximum lamp runtime
occurs.
• The projector will always try to strike the lamp, independent of the lamp runtime.
Parts identification xenon lamp
1 2
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1 Cathode of the xenon lamp.
2 Envelope (bulb) of the xenon lamp.
3 Anode of the xenon lamp.
4 Anode wire of the xenon lamp.
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Xenon compact arc lamps are highly pressurized. When ignited, the normal operating temperature
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