[alt-photo] Re: Nuarc 26-1K with metal halide bulb

[Ken Sinclair]

David,

That 'little ball bearing' is, I believe, a sphere of mercury.


Ken


On 5-Apr-10, at 8:37 AM, david drake wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I've recently purchased a Nuarc 26-1K.  I also got a Ushio metal  
> halide bulb to replace the bulb which came with it (as the original  
> was quite dark).
> The new bulb does not work. The old one does work, so everything  
> seems to be working fine with the unit.
> It seems that  the new bulb is defective or am I missing something?
> I'm not sure if the old bulb is a metal halide; it has PA-GA 1000/1  
> printed on it.
> The new Ushio bulb has a very small ball bearing rolling around  
> inside. Is this supposed to be there?
>
> thanks for you help.
>
> david
>
>
> david drake photography
> www.daviddrakephotography.com
>
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