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Author Topic: Osram Warranty Life Nicholas Stevens Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Munroe Falls, Ohio, USA Registered: Feb 2008 posted 03-12-2008 09:45 PM                     I've been looking at my osram 2000/3000 watt xenon bulb boxes all day today and I can't seem to find where the warranty hours are. I have only come across the "Average lamp life" which is 3500 h. Is this the actual warranty hours or just what they expect the bulb to last? If it's not the warranty hours, then where the heck is it?  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 03-12-2008 10:49 PM                     Christie puts the info on a sheet in the box. The last Osram I put in had a pamphlet in the box, maybe in there?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-13-2008 03:54 AM                     Goto this OSRAM site and download the .pdf pages of which bulb you wish to look up and the warranty hours are posted there within. General rule of thumb is to run the bulb 50% past warranty hours before replacement occurs. Thus, if a 2000XBO is warranted 2400hrs, you'd do the recommended changeout at 3600hrs.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-13-2008 08:34 AM                     Yep! Look at the Osram stuff and then wonder why we see many a Christie 2K lamp go for longer then 20K hours... Yep! 20K hours. Then you wonder why you waste your time with Osram. Mark  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Stevens Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Munroe Falls, Ohio, USA Registered: Feb 2008 posted 03-13-2008 12:16 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Look at the Osram stuff and then wonder why we see many a Christie 2K lamp go for longer then 20K hours Have you looked at the LTi bulbs? the highest warranty hours I have seen on their 2k/3k bulbs is 1800. Plus they are more expensive than any other bulb. Anyways, what xenon bulb would you guys recommend?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-13-2008 12:39 PM                     quote: Nicholas Stevens Have you looked at the LTi bulbs ( that's almost a forbidden set of letters around here..) - worst bulb that I've ever encountered. Last Osram that I burnt was a XBO 2500 HS and the dang thing just had to die with only 1400 hrs on it without any hint of wanting to die-no flicker, no burnt ends, no loss of gas, et.al.. Thx, but I'll stay with Christies..  |  IP: Logged

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