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Posted by slugbug on 10/14/06 03:17
And when I say "home movies" in this case, I'm not referring to 8mm or
Hi8 tapes. I mean the actual film, as in, you expose it to light, get
it developed, and then project it on a screen.
Well, most of the videos of my childhood are in this format. I think my
Dad has a decent amount of family films from the mid 1960's until the
mid 1980's. My Grandfather has some that are even older than that. My
Dad's projector got messed up about 25 years ago, and we haven't been
able to watch them since.
I recently found a Sears 8mm movie projector, model 584 92000, for 5
bucks at a thrift store. The thing was in excellent shape, in the
original carrying case. I tested it out, and found that the motor and
even the bulb worked fine.
Today my Dad brought down a couple of reels of old film from 30 years
ago, and we finally tested the thing out. It works great!
So, as part of an upcoming family reunion of sorts, I thought it would
be fun to show some of these old films.
However, I also figured that with my luck, the old bulb would burn out
after just 20 minutes or so, ruining the presentation.
I started looking for replacement bulbs, and the best price I could
find for a new one was about $36. There are some used ones on eBay for
about $22 including shipping, but I am a bit leery of those. I also
don't really want to spend 5 times as much as I paid for the whole
projector for a bulb that is rated to last only 15 hours.
This got me wondering if there was some sort of alternative. First, I
thought about rewiring it so that it would use a lower voltage bulb. I
decided not to mess with that at this point.
The bulb it is supposed to work with is this: (sells for $36 new)
Lamp Type INCANDESCENT
Base Type G17Q
Volts 120
Watts 150
Color Temp 3150
Rated Life (hrs) 15
Max. Length (in) 3.5
ANSI # DJL
I also found this one (sells for $10 new)
Lamp Type INCANDESCENT
Base Type G17Q
Volts 120
Watts 150
Color Temp 2850
Rated Life (hrs) 500
Max. Length (in) 3.03
ANSI # DFF
Note that everything seems very similar between the two, except for a
slightly different "color temp", and the fact that the DFF bulb is .47
inch shorter. I'm not sure whether or not this would keep this bulb
from working. I'm guessing it was a change they made simply to keep me
from buying the cheaper bulb for some reason. I am also somewhat
dubious of the 500 hour life rating on the second one. Seems too good
to be true.
So this is my question: Should I chance it and try out the cheaper $10
model? Do you think it will work? Thanks!
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