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Don Sneed
Master Film Handler

Posts: 451
From: Texas City, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001

posted 09-18-2001 03:07 AM

Hello Freddie, woow it's been awhile sincve we crossed path, I think the last time I saw you was in Mobile Ala, at the 18-screen I installed....I'm still with UCS...to answer your question it was Dan, & I think he had another engineer from the Hong kong office from Strong...We switch from Osram bulbs to LTI, but the problem is still the same 500 hrs, & out they go, we are not using the switcher rectifiers, the old style High Reactance, the problem is with 2K,3K & 4K consoles.....everything checks out fine, can't find the problem, I think its the bulbs, I want to try Christie bulb to see if the problem stay, but the customer will not due to the bulb are warranty & they keep getting new ones.....can't say I blame them...good idea on their part !!! Good to hear from you Freddie...take care my friend...

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Freddie Dobbs
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pinson, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 09-18-2001 10:34 AM

Don,

Man, Mobile seems like such a long time ago, seems like that was one of the last places I went to for Strong... Was that a Rave Theatre?
And just to satisfy my own curiosity, when they were checking CFM did they do it with all consoles on and all booth doors open and closed with the booth Hvac unit running? Also if the mezz is used a plenum return all auditoriums would have to be running. I dont know about the requirments over there but we require a lot of "clean air" per person, 15cfm if i'm not mistaken, if the units cause a vaccume in the booth that would cause your problem.. Just a thought.. I've had 15 of the LTI 3k running and have only had 1 failure that I'm aware of
Good to talk to ya...

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