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Hi all, I have a Simplex 35 PR1014 reel-to-reel that I virtually fully restored I had to purchase a new oil pump wheel gear but I got it working! Now I am having a problem with the lamphouse. The projector is attached to some obscure lamphouse maker I’ve never heard of in my life, a Rentec LSX 2000 with the name Film Systems on the control side panel. I’ve googled everything under the sun and searched through the vast amount of manuals on everything on here (shout out to film-tech for providing us all these obscure manuals on everything!) but I STILL cannot find anything on this unit - anywhere. My problem is that I cannot seem to get the lamp indicator to turn on and let the igniter have a chance to try to strike the lamp. I should note that originally the lamp switch did work and I could hear the igniter try to fire. If it was only hooked up to 120V AC to the rectifier. I took out only the lamp innards on the inside of the console and placed a temporary light source inside but that light source met its demise unfortunately because even though there was a fan inside that light, it was in a confined space and even with access for air to escape I guess too much heat built up.
I have since ditched that plan since I was researching and learned that I could use an inverter arc welder as a suitable power source for the xenon lamp, so I reversed the tear down process and put everything back together. I can only seem to find one safety switch which is located inside the lamphouse access door which remains closed, so the switch should engage. I currently have the lamp leads pulled out of the rectifier and have them connected to the inverter arc welder. For good measure I also tried hooking the leads directly back into the rectifier and I cannot get the lamphouse switch to turn on even still. I connected the lamp leads back into the inverter arc welder which doesn’t do anything since as you know, there is nothing there to use as an igniter. Does anyone have any idea as to what I should do next? Currently the igniter that is in the lamphouse is connected safely in the shielded inside of the cabinet where the physical lamp is.
I should note that I got this entire thing running on single phase 115-120V AC currently, since I don’t have access to 3 phase power. The inverter arc welder is connected to 120V AC as well but it inverts the voltage to DC to power the lamp. I would be just as happy to take out the existing igniter and try it outside the console to make it fire, but then I run into the problem not only of possible safety issues but also the length of the lamp leads. Anyone have any ideas? I have also seen some old 250-300 watt xenon microscope lamps and power supplies for sale online, so I could just scrap my rebuild idea and opt for that option that is sure not to fail. I personally would rather have the intense true light it was designed for! My concern is that the little xenon lamps wouldn’t be bright enough. Another idea is to figure out some kind of rig that will support the projector and some jerry rigged lamphouse. Thoughts or suggestions of what I could or should do?
I have since ditched that plan since I was researching and learned that I could use an inverter arc welder as a suitable power source for the xenon lamp, so I reversed the tear down process and put everything back together. I can only seem to find one safety switch which is located inside the lamphouse access door which remains closed, so the switch should engage. I currently have the lamp leads pulled out of the rectifier and have them connected to the inverter arc welder. For good measure I also tried hooking the leads directly back into the rectifier and I cannot get the lamphouse switch to turn on even still. I connected the lamp leads back into the inverter arc welder which doesn’t do anything since as you know, there is nothing there to use as an igniter. Does anyone have any idea as to what I should do next? Currently the igniter that is in the lamphouse is connected safely in the shielded inside of the cabinet where the physical lamp is.
I should note that I got this entire thing running on single phase 115-120V AC currently, since I don’t have access to 3 phase power. The inverter arc welder is connected to 120V AC as well but it inverts the voltage to DC to power the lamp. I would be just as happy to take out the existing igniter and try it outside the console to make it fire, but then I run into the problem not only of possible safety issues but also the length of the lamp leads. Anyone have any ideas? I have also seen some old 250-300 watt xenon microscope lamps and power supplies for sale online, so I could just scrap my rebuild idea and opt for that option that is sure not to fail. I personally would rather have the intense true light it was designed for! My concern is that the little xenon lamps wouldn’t be bright enough. Another idea is to figure out some kind of rig that will support the projector and some jerry rigged lamphouse. Thoughts or suggestions of what I could or should do?
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