Barco DP2K-12C Installation Manual page 28

4. Lamp & Lamp House
Image 4-1
A Lamp house.
B Xenon lamp.
The xenon 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 leather glovers, welder's jacket).
Image 4-2
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.
Cathode adaptor
A cathode adaptor is required to mount the xenon lamp in the lamp house. The cathode adapter has to be mounted upon the cathode
side of the xenon lamp prior to mounting the lamp in the lamp house. The purpose of the cathode adapter is to position the arc of
the xenon lamp in the middle of the reflector inside the lamp house.
Image 4-3
Cathode adaptor (R858100K)
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Xenon compact arc lamps are highly pressurized. When ignited, the normal operating temperature
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