Hey guys, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.
So I had 11 Martin Mac 2000 Profiles in use, now I have 10 because one decided to no longer lamp strike. I double checked the lamp (an OSRAM HTI 1200w /D7/75 SHARXS SFc10-4 Base metal halide specifically) and the lamp works fine in other fixtures. Come further investigation and I found that one of the wires in the base was burned to a crisp. I also looked in another fixture that has a similar lamp strike issue and found the same charred wire. It also appears that the wire that is supposedly burning/sparking during a lamp strike is also affecting the surrounding connections
Now I know I can re-terminate these wires but I would like to know why this would happen and how I can prevent it from happening to the others that I have in use? We use these fixtures about 4 times a week at a mega church so they are used quite often. I'll have the pictures posted. Hopefully this is somewhat of a simple fix considering how bad this looks
So I had 11 Martin Mac 2000 Profiles in use, now I have 10 because one decided to no longer lamp strike. I double checked the lamp (an OSRAM HTI 1200w /D7/75 SHARXS SFc10-4 Base metal halide specifically) and the lamp works fine in other fixtures. Come further investigation and I found that one of the wires in the base was burned to a crisp. I also looked in another fixture that has a similar lamp strike issue and found the same charred wire. It also appears that the wire that is supposedly burning/sparking during a lamp strike is also affecting the surrounding connections
Now I know I can re-terminate these wires but I would like to know why this would happen and how I can prevent it from happening to the others that I have in use? We use these fixtures about 4 times a week at a mega church so they are used quite often. I'll have the pictures posted. Hopefully this is somewhat of a simple fix considering how bad this looks