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

[david drake]

The mystery has been solved: the bulb was defective.
They tested it and it was obviously dead; probably a small hole and  
the gas leaked out.

They gave me a new bulb and it works great!

If you're in Toronto and need a bulb for your Nuarc, R. B. Altlas is  
the place: nice people and great service.

david


On 5-Apr-10, at 12:09 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> David...please let us (me) know what ends up happening with a  
> replacement bulb.
>
> This has been discussed before on APUG and the LF Forum, with some  
> having perfect results with certain replacement bulbs (MHL-1000/1)  
> and others not being able to get certain bulbs to work. Also, I  
> understand that NuArc service won't even talk to you unless you have  
> their bulb installed (GW-114, I believe)...
>
> Thanks...Paul
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "david drake" <daviddrakephoto at sympatico.ca 
> >
> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org 
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> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:03 AM
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Nuarc 26-1K with metal halide bulb
>
>
>> Thanks Ken.
>> Yes, I just received an email from the company I bought the bulb;  
>> the  two small bearings are mercury "which basically vaporize when  
>> the  power is supplied".
>> I'm going to have to take it back and have this company  test the  
>> lamp  to see if it ignites.
>>
>> thanks
>> david
>>
>>
>> On 5-Apr-10, at 11:41 AM, Ken Sinclair wrote:
>>
>>> 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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