re: Osram's "special" labelling... and a bad box of lamps
No Ego's heare and I think Mark did his best Bill Sapsis like (industry standard to forum) reply ever in being fair to competive brands, providing knowledge as to what's going on and representing his work as it were.
Mark is a former college TD and knows the theater as we do. CB is a place all are equal but also get answers hopefully - in goal I think without a marketing sale to the answer. I think in this case specific to the post, well defended with a Sapsis tongue in cheek also added. Thanks.
Anyway, on the lamps, yes before the "Special" appeared on the lamp boxes, there was a normal description. Believe this "special" part of the lamp description code came up about the time they changed lamp socket material in that heat sink. Or around that time in becoming "special" as it were also in further refining the heat sink. I do remember the old lamp boxes not having any "Special" marking and did question that also, but the new stuff as with the old was fine. Was it an old post Mark told about HPL lamps why they changed the lamp socket material? Believe that was the time they became Special. [EDIT by DL: See this thread: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting-electrics/30716-230v-hpl-lamps.html .]
I would rather go G-9.5HS for a lamp socket code over spelling it out. What I use and makes more sense as per what does G' stand for in not also being spelled out as medium bi-pin?
The "you're new here" part is more that you'll probably learn this isn't specific to you. As a community we're good about reminding even the best of us to remember the simple stuff like that, because sometimes thats what the cause is and we're so used to things that we look past it. So I don't think anybody meant that as a detractor towards you, we just like to cover the bases quick and when you say I didn't touch them that immediately rules out one of the obvious things and we can focus on something else. So your ego should stay intact ;-)
No Ego's heare and I think Mark did his best Bill Sapsis like (industry standard to forum) reply ever in being fair to competive brands, providing knowledge as to what's going on and representing his work as it were.
Mark is a former college TD and knows the theater as we do. CB is a place all are equal but also get answers hopefully - in goal I think without a marketing sale to the answer. I think in this case specific to the post, well defended with a Sapsis tongue in cheek also added. Thanks.
Anyway, on the lamps, yes before the "Special" appeared on the lamp boxes, there was a normal description. Believe this "special" part of the lamp description code came up about the time they changed lamp socket material in that heat sink. Or around that time in becoming "special" as it were also in further refining the heat sink. I do remember the old lamp boxes not having any "Special" marking and did question that also, but the new stuff as with the old was fine. Was it an old post Mark told about HPL lamps why they changed the lamp socket material? Believe that was the time they became Special. [EDIT by DL: See this thread: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting-electrics/30716-230v-hpl-lamps.html .]
I would rather go G-9.5HS for a lamp socket code over spelling it out. What I use and makes more sense as per what does G' stand for in not also being spelled out as medium bi-pin?
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