Equipment Handling; Proper Lamp Servicing And Operation - PRG BAD Boy Field Service Manual

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AD OY POT UMINAIRE

Equipment Handling

Proper Lamp Servicing and Operation

Servicing
• 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
• 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 5 minutes before removing power
to the luminaires. This will provide enough time for the equipment fan to cool off the unit.
Lamp Life
• 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.
• If system will be unattended for more than 3-4 hours, luminaire lamps should be doused.
• The Bad Boy lamp indicator (available on the menu Home screen) displays total lamp hours.
Lamp hours are shown in green if under threshold, yellow at 750 hours, and red at 900 hours. It is
mandatory that the lamp be changed before 900 hours.
CAUTION: It is mandatory that the lamp be changed before 900 hours.
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