Fuji Frontier SP 2000 scanner Installation Suggestions

fotoboy

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Hello all,

I hope you can help me out.

I purchased a Fuji Frontier SP2000 standalone scanner from a commercial photolab that was downsizing. It was more of a spontaneous decision than anything, thinking "Wow, I can professionally scan my own negs and slides now!"

But now I realized I'm not sure how to install the scanner in my house! The lab tech told me which was the main power cable (the wires were cut; I think he had it directly connected to his power) and that I need to connect the wires to a fuse box and then to a breaker that takes 208v.

I'm not sure if I need to do anything else to get this up and running. If anyone has any experience with installing a Frontier, I would greatly appreciate it!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Cheers
 

shutterfinger

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Standard hose hold voltages are 120/220 V. Standard industrial voltages are 120V; 240V 3 phase; 480V 3 phase. A single leg of the 480V is 377V used for lighting.
Googling Fuji Frontier SP2000 specifications I found http://www.fobo.nl/index_htm_files/fuji frontier 350-370.pdf and https://www.fujifilmusa.com/shared/bin/Frontier390.pdf
Both state the same power requirements of 200V - 240V single phase 50/60 hz 10A for the scanner.
220V-240V single phase Black Leg A, Red Leg B, White neutral, Green ground. If you've never done wiring before get an electrician to wire the socket and attach a power cord to the machine for you. Hard wired will be better unless you plan to move the scanner around.
 

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Are you assuming that the OP lives in the USA? Voltages (and wire colors) will be different outside the USA.

Phil Burton
 

Kino

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Good luck with your Frontier!

Not to be a downer, but you just graduated from "Plug and Play" to "Plug and Pray".

About a decade ago, our lab bought a DeBrie TAI Archive 35mm printer from France that ran on 208V. Despite having a trained Electrician install the power outlet, we had numerous problems with the unit until the power lines were audited with a chart recorder. Turned out the electrical infrastructure for the building we were in was rather old and the transformer outside the building had to be replaced.

The typical US voltages of 110 and 220 were within acceptable range for our US made equipment, but something was not kosher for the 208v hook-up.

Long story short, if you have elderly wiring, don't go jumping to conclusions like we did that the equipment is faulty. Hire a competent electrician to hook it up and if you have strange, intermittent problems, do a line survey to be sure your power is good.
 

Urs Gantner

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Besides proper electric wiring..... setting up a standalone Frontier from scratch is a bit of a hassle. I hope you have copies from all of the original software components from your specific machine. There is a hidden group on Facebook called "Lonely Frontier" with experienced users and a lot of resources and tons of know how. An existing member has to invite you there.
I've spend 2 months just for setting up my SP3000 standalone scanner. And beside the fact that there's a steep learning curve in operating the whole thing, it was worth the hard work. The scans look absolutely awesome. Good luck!
 
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