Hi,
Again, my caveat is that I'm a sound guy, not a light guy, so pardon the stupid questions.
We recently pulled down some of our 15 y/o Strand Lekos, as they just weren't putting any light out (hardly) anymore. I decided to clean them all out and do the best I could at a bench focus.
As I opened up the first instrument, I was quite surprised to see what the reflector? (is that what this part of the instrument is called?) looked like. I'm assuming this should be a lot shiner, and not grey and bubbly?
So, my two questions: 1) Was this caused by somebody putting in too strong a lamp? I believe these are rated for 1K, and there was an FEL in the socket. More importantly, 2), is there anything that can be done to salvage this, or do I have a dozen instruments that I can now use for spare parts??
Thanks so much!!
Tom
Again, my caveat is that I'm a sound guy, not a light guy, so pardon the stupid questions.
We recently pulled down some of our 15 y/o Strand Lekos, as they just weren't putting any light out (hardly) anymore. I decided to clean them all out and do the best I could at a bench focus.
As I opened up the first instrument, I was quite surprised to see what the reflector? (is that what this part of the instrument is called?) looked like. I'm assuming this should be a lot shiner, and not grey and bubbly?
So, my two questions: 1) Was this caused by somebody putting in too strong a lamp? I believe these are rated for 1K, and there was an FEL in the socket. More importantly, 2), is there anything that can be done to salvage this, or do I have a dozen instruments that I can now use for spare parts??
Thanks so much!!
Tom