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Hi,
About this lamp, the new 100W lamps have it too. You have to point
this 'disc' to the left or the right in the housing. In other words,
take care not to put it in front of the lens, nor in front of the
reflector! That's all.
It is said that these lamps are stronger and have a better
heat-guidance...let's see... :-)
Best regards,
Sven Terclavers
Microscopist
Center for Transgene Technology
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Belgium
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Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 12:42:41 AM, you wrote:
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ARH> We have an unexpected problem with the mercury lamp on our Zeiss Axiovert. I removed the old and reached for the new lamp and found that the new lamp, ordered using the SAME product number as
ARH> previously, is not physically the same as the old lamps. These lamps are both identified HBO 50W AC/L2, refered to as "mercury short arc." This is the standard lamp for the 50W HBO housing on
ARH> our Zeiss Axiovert 100M. The old design is radially symmetric, there is no apparent angular orientation of the bulb in the housing. The new bulb has what appears to be a metallic disc, about
ARH> 4mm diameter, mounted into the side of the lamp. Because of the disc, the bulb must have a preferred orientation in the housing. However, we received no mounting instructions.
ARH> My questions are: Has anyone else seen this "new design"? What is the correct mounting and adjustment procedure? Is this the even the right bulb?
ARH> I realize this is non-confocal, but I cannot get in touch with anyone at Sylvania/Osram who has a definite answer. And my supplier is also in the dark. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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