The new bulb I payed £18 for just blew up the first time printing with it. It's for a focomat V35 with heiland Splitgrade System. Any ideas what could be wrong? I think something is up with my enlarger.
Bulb blowded up!
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David A. Goldfarb
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Sounds messy. Is it a 120V bulb, seeing as you're in a 240V country?
You paid how much!
What's so special about this lamp?
Either a faulty lamp, not uncommon, send it back and demand another, or possibly your transformer is faulty and giving the lamp a higher voltage than it likes, could be why the pevious lamp went. Check the output voltage with a voltmeter, or get an electrical shop to do it for you.
What's so special about this lamp?Either a faulty lamp, not uncommon, send it back and demand another, or possibly your transformer is faulty and giving the lamp a higher voltage than it likes, could be why the pevious lamp went. Check the output voltage with a voltmeter, or get an electrical shop to do it for you.
Nothing special about it. It's just the only bulb the Focomat takes. It says 12V 75W
It's strange. I had this secondhand about a year ago and it hasn't given me problems before.
It's strange. I had this secondhand about a year ago and it hasn't given me problems before.
In that case it's a very special price for an not very special lamp.
But I understand that they can be difficult to source - at a sencible price. Anyway I hope you get to the bottom of the problem quickly.
I'd try Technical Lamps Tel: 0208 89796652. Its website is www.techlamps.co.uk. I got two lamps for my Durst M605 for about this price.
Nova also used to sell lamps. I bought my first replacement there and it went after a few hours. On reporting it Nova replaced it there and then. Of course it's worth checking first that there isn't a reason for it blowing
pentaxuser
Nova also used to sell lamps. I bought my first replacement there and it went after a few hours. On reporting it Nova replaced it there and then. Of course it's worth checking first that there isn't a reason for it blowing
pentaxuser
Sounds to me like you have a shorted transformer circuit. Got a electrical meter to check?
Make sure you have the enlarger set for the correct input voltage, column base on the back side.
haris
Do you HAVE TRANSFORMER at all 
Do you HAVE TRANSFORMER at all
With a V35 the xformer's built into the base.
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