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Scott Balko
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 136
From: Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 04-18-2001 09:04 PM

I just got two xetron lamphouses and the bulb in them has the number CXL-20R. What size bulb is this and what would be the optimum amperage to use with it?

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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 04-18-2001 09:12 PM

I use the exact same lamp.

A CXL-20R is a Christie lamp. It is 2,000 watts. You get the watts by mutiplying the Amps and the Volts together.

In my lamphouse which is a Strong X-90, the amps are 25 and the volts are 85 which equals 2,125 watts, which may be a little hot.

The box the lamps came in should have a good chart of what the amperage and volts should be.

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