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Author Topic: Bulb Rotations Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-11-2002 11:30 PM                     Bringing this up to the top so that Michael Rourke can see that we have discussed this subject before. Please learn to love the Search feature.  |  IP: Logged Jacob Huber Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-11-2002 11:58 PM                     The Mr. Fixit guy at my place showed me how we dispose of bulbs. He'd wait til we get about 5 or 6 old ones, take em on the roof (good 40 feet or so) and launch em off by a dumpster (no people around to get injured, we made sure of that). The 2000 watters seemed to be louder than the 4 or 5 K bulbs, but coulda been the way they hit. He then proceeded to sweep up the shards and collect the tungsten. He has a full box about the size of what sprees (the bulk for concession size) come in and is saving it for retirement, so I guess it's worth something.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-12-2002 01:39 AM                     There are better and safer ways to dispose of an expended lamp, unless your fixit guy likes to hear a big boom! Remember - the glass fragments will scatter a long way......and I'll almost bet no matter how diligent the place is swept, there will be a shards far enough away that some kid will step on, or some tire will pick up. It is best to dispose them IAW standard procedures.  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 04-12-2002 04:43 AM                        When I was a projectionist for GCC, policy was to remove & destroy at 3,500 hrs, good or bad....I use to drop off the roof into a dumpster until I got smart....a hardcore XXX rated theatre had the same lamphouse, I service the theatre & they did not spend any money & did not want to, so once a year or so we would change out three or four bulbs,I would take the good ones to the X-rated theatre & sell them for $75.00 each, they would get 500-1,000 hrs out of them, they were happy, & I made a few extra dollars...  |  IP: Logged

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