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Author Topic: Has anybody got a manual for a Xenolite H20 lamphouse? Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-25-2010 06:04 PM                     I looked through the manuals for a Christie/Xenolite lamphouse manual, and found one for the H30 and the H40. My lamphouse is much smaller. Also, can someone tell me what type lamp this unit uses? I have a 1000 watt Strong power supply. Also, does anybody have a spare KEY for the xenolite lamphouse? I'd sure like to have one! Thanks Bruce  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-25-2010 07:02 PM                        Older Christie manuals are almost worthless. It is noteworthy that your 3 kw manuals are nearly the same as the H-20. Even the schematic is about the same unless you have a single phase rectifier. Email me if you can give me an address for a hard copy. Use a CXL-20 or XBO-2000whtp bulb. The DC connects just as is normal; likewise the ground. However the Strong typically needs 120volt/AC to operate. The Christie provides a contact closure to run Christie rectifiers (They supply 208v internally.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-26-2010 09:35 PM                     Thanks, Louis. Email sent to you.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-28-2010 09:46 AM                        Manuals being mailed today. Louis  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-28-2010 07:10 PM                     We do have an H20 manual...will get it to F-T when practical. We're a bit too busy at the moment to scan it in. Steve  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-29-2010 07:16 AM                     Thanks, Steve. No hurry, as I have a feeling that I may be the only one here that is attempting to run one of these critters.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 05-29-2010 12:19 PM                        I had a few locations that still ran with these lamphouses when I was doing service. Supposedly there is an upgrade kit that make's the light output a lot better.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-29-2010 04:17 PM                        Several, in fact. Christie has the Phonxix kit. Hadden has our adapter that includes a super lumex reflector. Increases from 3 ft/lm to 55 ft/lm are usual. Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 05-29-2010 04:40 PM                     "Christie/Xenolite lamphouse" Bruce: Is that one of the old verticle lamphouses? Mike  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 05-29-2010 04:56 PM                        I was going to say that I thought there was one that used a super lume-x refelctor but I wasn't sure of it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2010 07:33 PM                     The Phoenix kit will not fit into any of the Christie lamphouses, it was only meant to go into their consoles. It is to high with the blower on top. If you mounted the plenum blower externally it might barely cram into an H-30 or H-40. I have put then into CFS consoles with some modifications.  |  IP: Logged Andrew Zimmerman Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Lake Mary, FL Registered: Jan 2010 posted 05-31-2010 05:31 PM                     Bruce. You're not the only one running these. I have 3 of them with the conversions. The blower and the P/S fan died recently. The fan was an easy find but I'm having a hard time finding a replacement blower as the Dayton 4C446 appears to be discontinued. Does anyone know of anything that I could try?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-31-2010 06:52 PM                     The 4C446 was replaced by the 1TD7 blower (or letters to that effect. Same flange dimensions though the blower body, now ball bearing rather than sleeve, is a different diameter. Steve  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-31-2010 07:39 PM                     Steve is correct. I will add that Xetron used the two existing screws (that held a bezel on the impeller side in place) to secure the air vane switch. The distance between those screws changed; I had to redesign the switch bracket to match.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-31-2010 08:21 PM                        46446 is still available exactly like before, but not from Grainger. AOL must have taken over the Mexican factory when Dayton went to Chine. Use Google. Louis  |  IP: Logged

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