[pure-silver] Re: Enlarger Lamp Life

Eugene Barrington wrote:
> Hello - I'm a new poster to this list but I've consulted it regularly.
> 
> I know that this topic has been dealt with before - but the enlarger
> lamp I need to  use is is rather expensive (€21,£16.96,$26.17 and so
> forth) and they have a nasty habit of blowing. My enlarger is a Meopta
> with a colour head which uses  a Philips Focusline fibre optic lamp type
> 6834 FO. I suspected a faulty transformer. using a multimeter I got a
> maximum, but steady 13.1 volts output from the transformer. The lamp is
> rated at 12volts 100w. Is it being overloaded at 13v? Could this be the
> reason for the frequent blowouts or is there some tolerance with the
> voltage?
> 
> Hope somone can help with this -
> Eugene Barrington
> 

There are far less expensive replacements available via the internet:

  
http://www.bulbconnection.com/ViewItem/bcrw/itmid/134/oc/6834%20FO%20Focusline/item.html



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