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Originally Posted by LightStud
Though many LDs lament their loss,
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Yea, I did the Xenon upgrade on a few of mine. May still be available and would turn it into a valuable piece! The only problem I had was that the transformers were in the bases and if you removed them, the bases were too lightweight. So, you had a heavy base, and a new ballast box for the
xenon lamp. Some of the last Supers build had the separate transformer box as pictured in Derek's post above. Those would be an easy swap-out. Not sure which models you have. Way back when, the kit was about $3,500 and would turn the antique boat anchor into something that would compete with a $10,000 spot these days. Food for thought...
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Originally Posted by LightStud
Plus the fact that expert operators are becoming extinct daily.
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Actually, there is a huge untapped pool of operators that never ran a trouper.... Projectionists! The changeover in the movie theater industry was pretty slow so most "non-young" projectionists have run carbon arc projectors. Whenever I was short a spot op back in the 80's, I would check with the projectionist's union.