[tech] Projector

[mitch at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]

But still, Most projector lamps are atleast 70W, Thats alot of luxeon  
LED's.. Ahd iirc those LED's arent small.

I have a spare 70W Globe at at home we could possibly hack up to work

Quoting "Justin Wake" <spectre at ucc.asn.au>:

> That's what the big 3W and 5W Luxeon and Cree LEDs are for. Might be  
> okay for use in a dark room and relatively low brightness, I guess.
>
> On 27/08/2009, at 2:31 PM, mitch at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
>
>> I had an idea of using LED's, But not sure if you could provide  
>> enough light to do it, The highest MCD leds i could find where  
>> 40,000MCD Pure White, they retail for $3.90 Each.. And you would  
>> probably need 100+ to get any sort of decent output.
>>
>> But still Much cheaper than replacing the globe every 1500hrs. :)
>>
>> Mitch
>>
>> Quoting bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au:
>>
>>> Turned out the problem was just a missing cover. The projector has  
>>> a sensor for this, which when the cover is missing, won't allow  
>>> the projector to start. It works now. Some of us were chatting in  
>>> the clubroom about the possibility of members being able to borrow  
>>> the projectors for a small fee, so if there were multiple  
>>> projectors this could perhaps work.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting "Patrick Coleman" <blinken at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>>>>> Actually, cancel that request, I found out how to do it from the control
>>>>> panel, to no effect.
>>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> Also, resetting the timer is kinda dangerous, because they do explode
>>>> and spew out nasty chemicals if misused (as anyone who went to a PLUG
>>>> seminar a few months ago can attest). The timer is a safety thing.
>>>>
>>>> If the lamp blew up or expired it's likely the projector itself is ok,
>>>> if you can find a replacement lamp. Alternately, I've got a few
>>>> projectors as part of that computer angels shipment that UCC can have,
>>>> though they are low-res (800x600 or possibly some 1024x768 ones).
>>>>
>>>> -Patrick
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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