A friend has the above mentioned projector. The bulb decided it din't want to play any more so he ordered a new bulb. The wrong bulb arrived (unknowning to him I think) & when he plugged it in the wire on the back of the bulb shorted out against the case and that bulb only wanted to play for about 3 seconds before it blew. So he ordered another bulb and got the proper one this time. He installed the bulb but the projector would not even show signs of powering up. He asked me to have a look so I automatically popped it open to look for the blown fuse. Found the fuse and replaced it. The projector power now turns on, the power light blinks its green dot for about a minute and then stays on solid indicating it's now working. Nope, no light output from the lens. The bulb is rated 170W 80V. I metered at the conection to the bulb and had the 80V at the bulb but still no light output. I've dealt with tv's, radios, computers, digital left handed nostril inhalers (not really but figured if you read this far you deserve to at least get a chuckle), full flight simulator systems (the big $25 million military type & not the PC version), etc... but I have not had any dealings with a projector like this before. Is there some sort of ballast or something I should be checking too since this is a mercury lamp in the beast? Any helpful pointers are gratefully accepted since these bulbs are about $600 each. Thanks in advance.
Cheers, Lawrence