I have a Sharp DW100U LCD projector, with which I'm pretty pleased. Last week the bulb exploded - from the descriptions I read elsewhere in this forum, I'd guess it's pretty much the same sort of thing that happened to a lot of InFocus LP340 users earlier this yea.
Anyway, I was kind of surprised as the bulb had 1400 hours on it, compared to a 2000 hour spec.
Here's the question:
When I went to replace the bulb, I was rather surprised at the $470 price tag. Anyone got any sources that might go for less than this? (The $470 was bulb only--with the lamp casing it was even more!)
Here's the warning:
The bulb filament was truly shattered - there are about 50 pieces of glass in there. Good thing it's all sealed, it would have been a mess to clean up. When took the unit down from the ceiling to replace the bulb, I realized that the air filter was on TOP of the unit. The box is "normally" oriented the other way, for tabletop use, but I have it hung from the ceiling. That puts the filter on the top, where stuff can drop into it. I almost missed the location, because it was SOLID--with sheet rock dust. Last year I had some remodelling done at the other end of the house about 40 feet away. The contractors taped it off and even ran fans and an air cleaner. I'm guessing that the fan probably had no input air at all, or really close to it. I have no idea what the internal temperature must have been, but it couldn't have been low.
A word to the wise--check those air filters!
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Brian
I have a Sharp DW100U LCD projector, with which I'm pretty pleased. Last week the bulb exploded - from the descriptions I read elsewhere in this forum, I'd guess it's pretty much the same sort of thing that happened to a lot of InFocus LP340 users earlier this yea.
Anyway, I was kind of surprised as the bulb had 1400 hours on it, compared to a 2000 hour spec.
Here's the question:
When I went to replace the bulb, I was rather surprised at the $470 price tag. Anyone got any sources that might go for less than this? (The $470 was bulb only--with the lamp casing it was even more!)
Here's the warning:
The bulb filament was truly shattered - there are about 50 pieces of glass in there. Good thing it's all sealed, it would have been a mess to clean up. When took the unit down from the ceiling to replace the bulb, I realized that the air filter was on TOP of the unit. The box is "normally" oriented the other way, for tabletop use, but I have it hung from the ceiling. That puts the filter on the top, where stuff can drop into it. I almost missed the location, because it was SOLID--with sheet rock dust. Last year I had some remodelling done at the other end of the house about 40 feet away. The contractors taped it off and even ran fans and an air cleaner. I'm guessing that the fan probably had no input air at all, or really close to it. I have no idea what the internal temperature must have been, but it couldn't have been low.
A word to the wise--check those air filters!
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Brian