Epson 1080UB lamp failure

Serendipity
Serendipity Posts: 6,975
edited June 2009 in Electronics
Tonight I turned on the PJ and I get the blinking power light for 15-20 seconds, but no picture. The fans in the unit run however.

Does this mean the unit has a bad lamp, ballast, or something else? I believe the unit is trying to power up but there is no "high-temp" or "lamp warning" light lit.

The lamp only had 400 hours.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited May 2009
    My Dad just came up from downstairs and told me "there's a burning smell." Does a projector lamp usually fail like this? On AVS Forum I read that some lamps on projectors can even explode.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited May 2009
    Its an expensive light bulb, it can last 5 hrs or 5000.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,665
    edited May 2009
    Try hear:
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    Best price on my bulb.
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  • bigred7078
    bigred7078 Posts: 477
    edited June 2009
    sounds like a bad bulb. Don't the Epsons come with an extra bulb?
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited June 2009
    Bad bulb. That's how they go. One day you turn it on and........nothing.
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited June 2009
    the epsons using that new cheap bulb that gets a raoid dimming fast, but however the ETORL bulbs supposed to last 4000 hours, i suspect the bulbs wasted because of the electronics malfunctioning , there shouldent be a burning smell when a bulb blows, also make sure you got it vented ,my pj overhated in the first 3 hours because i had it back against the wall , even though the exhaust is on the front
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited June 2009
    Premature bulb fairly is not really rare and does not mean the electronics in the projector are going bad. It's simply a bulb failure, every lamp will fail @ some point, some sooner than others. Often times a burning smell is possible depending on projector. Sony PJs have a funny smell after initial install so smells are not anything you should concern yourself with unless you continue to smell it on and throughout the life of th PJ. Replace the bulb and let us know.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited June 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    Tonight I turned on the PJ and I get the blinking power light for 15-20 seconds, but no picture. The fans in the unit run however.

    I've had that happen once. I turned it off and waited for a while, then tried again, it powered up.
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  • 66chevyIISS
    66chevyIISS Posts: 857
    edited June 2009
    so what was the outcome of this? did you need a bulb??
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