Flash diagnosing update

244 · September 11th, 2012, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ScreenShip

SEXY ... check the rest of them as well ... also ... did the new fans come in :-?

Note: this is for all folks reading ... its a good idea to spin your bulbs periodically to scuff the contacts ... especially if you run discharge, waterbase, solvents, etc. and clean your fans/vents/filters !!!

Reccomendation to anyone running a M&R quartz flash. DO NOT rotate your bulbs. They will be fine the way they are and last for many,many years trouble free!!!!

ScreenShip · September 11th, 2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 244

Reccomendation to anyone running a M&R quartz flash. DO NOT rotate your bulbs. They will be fine the way they are and last for many,many years trouble free!!!!

Do you need tomsell bulbs that bad LOL

Go clean your flash cures 244

inkman996 · September 11th, 2012, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ScreenShip

SEXY ... check the rest of them as well ... also ... did the new fans come in :-?

Note: this is for all folks reading ... its a good idea to spin your bulbs periodically to scuff the contacts ... especially if you run discharge, waterbase, solvents, etc. and clean your fans/vents/filters !!!

Uh what does that have to do with my bulb all of a sudden burning out?

GraphicDisorder · September 11th, 2012, 02:39 PM

People are kidding themselves if you that think he would EVER stay on topic a full thread with our without outside "mucking".

musterdbom · September 11th, 2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by inkman996

Uh what does that have to do with my bulb all of a sudden burning out?

Have you tried swapping around the incoming legs of power yet? Or easier yet, verifying with a multimeter that each leg is delivering exactly the same voltage while loaded and unloaded?

ScreenShip · September 11th, 2012, 02:43 PM

Please let me know the following:

Did the new fans come in yet?
Can you post a pic of the socket the bad bulb came out of?
Do you have any bulbs in your spare parts kit (just messing with you) LOL

inkman996 · September 11th, 2012, 02:47 PM

No fans yet
Socket looks pristine.
Spare bulb uh not!

The only connection i can draw here is the SSR I swapped to that zone today. It happened exactly as the flash turned on, bright like an arc welder.

Inkwerksspd · September 11th, 2012, 03:19 PM

The easiest and best fix would be to throw that thing in the trash and buy one from M&R or pick up a used one. We run older Omni Flashes and guess what....No problems. They run 10 hours a day everyday and just work.

How many more shirts, print time, re-setting up jobs will you have to do before you are at the cost of another flash from someone else?

Binkspot · September 11th, 2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by inkman996

No fans yet
Socket looks pristine.
Spare bulb uh not!

The only connection i can draw here is the SSR I swapped to that zone today. It happened exactly as the flash turned on, bright like an arc welder.

Its usually a loose connection or a bulb thats not seated well. You will find the silver at the contact on the bulb melted, usually welds it self onto the end of the pin. Look at each end of the bulb, bet one end still has the silver slug, other missing and black. Happened to me three times and I end up changing the pin socket assm each time. Its cool seeing the sparks, usually someone in the shop screems and jumps. It sucks that the sparks usually put some burn marks on the shirt. To finish the job Ill just run slower with out the bulb then fix it at night when everyone goes home.

ScreenShip · September 11th, 2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Binkspot

Its usually a loose connection or a bulb thats not seated well. You will find the silver at the contact on the bulb melted, usually welds it self onto the end of the pin. Look at each end of the bulb, bet one end still has the silver slug, other missing and black. Happened to me three times and I end up changing the pin socket assm each time. Its cool seeing the sparks, usually someone in the shop screems and jumps. It sucks that the sparks usually put some burn marks on the shirt. To finish the job Ill just run slower with out the bulb then fix it at night when everyone goes home.

Brian's right on this one for sure ... sparky ... sparky ... I had a dog named Sparky when I was a kid -and- I grew up on Edward Street ... hence my p o r n name is Sparky Edwards

As for the bulb ... well nobody warranties them (not even 244 the Screen Print Jesus)

Soneko has them though ... I miss that little dog