Want to Buy CHROMEGA BULBS

[Philippe-Georges]

Does anyone has some 100W/20V bajonet fitting bulbs for the Chromega D-4 for sale?
These are impossible to find in the EU and the vendor in the US who has a stock doesn't want to ship to the EU.

 

[Don_ih]

This site says "Worldwide distribution".

 

[Philippe-Georges]

This site says "Worldwide distribution".

Thank you, this supplier didn't came up in my Google search.

But, these bulbs must be very special, looking at the price...

 

[Don_ih]

these bulbs must be very special, looking at the price.

That can be an issue. Just getting the less-unusual bulb for my Chromega B is almost as expensive. I only use that enlarger for 645 and colour, now, since I don't want my bulb to blow.

 

[Don_ih]

Maybe some beneficent American member will buy the $15 bulbs for you and ship them?

 

[Philippe-Georges]

This is a fantastic idea!
I can pay for these and the shipping via private PayPal.
For the D-4 you must change both bulbs as they blackens by use and when only one blows, what most of the time happens, then 2 new must be installed...

 

[darkroommike]

This is a fantastic idea!
I can pay for these and the shipping via private PayPal.
For the D-4 you must change both bulbs as they blackens by use and when only one blows, what most of the time happens, then 2 new must be installed...

You can, however, keep the used bulb, and swap it back in the next time just one bulb blows. This was SOP back in the day. Labs using big Kodak printers would also sometimes "ripen" a lamp in their slow time so that it was pre-blackened and could be hot swapped in (using an oven mitt) in the middle of production days.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

You can, however, keep the used bulb, and swap it back in the next time just one bulb blows. This was SOP back in the day. Labs using big Kodak printers would also sometimes "ripen" a lamp in their slow time so that it was pre-blackened and could be hot swapped in (using an oven mitt) in the middle of production days.

That's what I do, keep the one of the pair that 'survived' and keep it to match with an other used bulb.
So, i still got one new and one used left...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Have you tried FreeStyle, a supporter of Photrio, in Los Angeles California? In the past I have been able to get them there, but it has been a while.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

Have you tried FreeStyle, a supporter of Photrio, in Los Angeles California? In the past I have been able to get them there, but it has been a while.

Yes, and when, after some intensive Googling, I can enter on that website, I get overwhelmed by advertising about health issues treatment applications and medication (mainly diabetes).
I didn't realise that these bulbs were used in medical apparatus too...

 

[koraks]

Yes, and when, after some intensive Googling, I can enter on that website, I get overwhelmed by advertising about health issues treatment applications and medication (mainly diabetes).

Are you sure you found the right website? I only get a cookie notification and otherwise no advertising other than the photo stuff Freestyle sells.
However, your bulb isn't listed in their selection of enlarger bulbs: https://www.freestylephoto.com/category/103-Darkroom/Enlargers-and-Accessories/Enlarger-Bulbs

PS: I'm quite sure you found the web page for Abbott's "Freestyle" diabetes equipment. If you just go to Photrio.com and click the logo of Freestyle, you're taken to the correct freestylephoto.com website.

 

[Don_ih]

Have you checked ebay? This listing looks like your bulb - and there are three separately listed, so you could ask the seller to combine shipping.