Alright... I really don't have a lot of time to fool around with this, and show's tomorrow.
We replaced some faded blue gels (they'd been up and used for at least a couple of weeks with no drastic bad effects) with another blue gel (similar color, not the same) today and the new gels melted in like 30 seconds. Here's the facts:
-Similar color blue gels
-Melted in ~30 seconds (could be anywhere between 10 seconds and 3 minutes, I wasn't timing)
~ Heat shield between gel and lamp (yes, it was between the gel and lamp... we checked)
- Gel melted but head shield looks fine (not fused together)
~Lights were not refocused/relamped/benched/anything between the gel changes
- Holes are ~2 inches in maybe 20 minutes of use
We replaced some faded blue gels (they'd been up and used for at least a couple of weeks with no drastic bad effects) with another blue gel (similar color, not the same) today and the new gels melted in like 30 seconds. Here's the facts:
-Similar color blue gels
-Melted in ~30 seconds (could be anywhere between 10 seconds and 3 minutes, I wasn't timing)
~ Heat shield between gel and lamp (yes, it was between the gel and lamp... we checked)
- Gel melted but head shield looks fine (not fused together)
~Lights were not refocused/relamped/benched/anything between the gel changes
- Holes are ~2 inches in maybe 20 minutes of use