Never thought I'd be defending ADJ, but...The manufacturer of the fixture should not be a contributing factor to lamp failure, unless there's a ventilation issue. Do you recall what Brand the lamps were?
really hot lamp...really cold water....
I didn't know they made "indoor" floods.
If you go to the hardware store you will find "indoor" and "outdoor" flood lamps. These are a form of PAR lamp. The indoor one have a very smooth frosted glass look that resembles a standard household lamp in a PAR shape. The "outdoor" ones are much heavier with a thick glass envelope. There is a much stronger "lens like" look to the front of the glass
At least the safety screen was tougher than, well, cheap glass lenses. I'm needing to do some tweaking to the Lekos this week anyway, I think I'll make sure everything has safety screens.Snap those lenses into a Source Four par! Just kidding.
It's funny seeing that destroyed lamp and your quote underneath: Tougher Than Hell
Apparently the lamp wasn't.
Can't say that I have seen a par lamp shatter by itself, without any human interaction. Dropped one or two in my days and had to pick up the pieces when I was done.
I have had the lamp for a shakespeare I believe exploded in to a million pieces during a show once. One second it was fine then I walked away, and was probably at the lip of the syage when I hear a loud bang and then sound of glass shattering . There was shatterd glass in the lens barrel and through out the fixture.
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