On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 17:45 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:21:58 -0500 > "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It also tends to burn up the lugs. > > That is a not-uncommon problem with Xenon lamphouses in movie theatre > projection rooms. The lamp is hooked to the rectifier with wiring that's > pretty much equivalent to welding cables. If the bolts that hold the cable > contacts down ever get loose, it can burn the ends right off of the cable. > Same thing with the screw-down clamps that hold the lamp in place. > > You have to check those connections on a regular basis and give them a crank to > keep them snug. It's not good when something like that happens, especially on > a Friday night with a blockbuster movie (which is when that sort of thing will > happen, of course.) It must be fun as heck to run a movie house, especially a private one where YOU pick the movies. There's one in Raleigh NC that offers mall-like ethnic food specialties, hot-wings, beer, wine, exotic pizzas, calzones, chinese dim-sum, just about any finger food you can imagine. The place stays sold out. You have to be a member (of age) to get in. So he makes a buck on the subscriptions, too. Wouldn't lock-washers help? <cackles> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
