yes Marc, it looks like there still is a lot of new old stock lamps and the projector lamps can last almost for ever before their use if properly kept. Carlos 2010/3/25 Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > At 04:20 PM 3/25/2010, CarlosMFreaza wrote: >>Hi Jan: >> Thanks for the advice, indeed the case does not look >>strong enough to support the projector weight in spite of the manual >>opinion. >>If you are interested about a P-11 bulb, I found this Sylvania 400w >>with the projector lamp base at Donsbulb, they say it can work for the >>P-11: >> >>http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/dat%7c120v%7c400w~ansi.html > > The availability of bulbs for projectors is astounding. When I overhauled > my Zett 150 projector six or seven years ago, I was able to walk a block > from my office in Roanoke and find a bulb for it. The projector went out of > production in 1958, I believe. I have a Zeiss Ikon negative viewer from > 1937. I had to rewire that one, and when I looked around for a bulb, well, > I did find out that one was no longer available -- but my local hardware > store knew of the problem and sold me an insert and the modern replacement > bulb for, as I recall $1.75 plus tax. (That hardware store later got sold > and I doubt that the current staff would know of the fix!) > > But, yes, projector bulbs are available. Last month, in an off-List > conversation, a friend challenged me to find a bulb for my 1939 Revere movie > projector. Google coughed up dozens of sources ... > > Marc > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list