Stuart91 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Pictured below is a lamp base (and the remains of one of the lamps that went into it) http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i291/Hoggy9155/Mysterylampbase.jpg It's come out of a Coemar versatile light. The base itself is knackered, won't hold a solid connection with the bulb. Anyone seen one of these before? We've asked some of the usual suspects about it but with no success. I'm hoping it will be something really commonplace that I just haven't come across before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 What's the pitch between the pins - I'm guessing 9.5mm? The give away is the HX185 which is the LIF part code, also known as GE product code 35232. It's a 800W 230v specialist projection lamp in a GX9.5 base. Like this. or this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 What's the pitch between the pins - I'm guessing 9.5mm? Just checked, and 9.5mm looks right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 What's the pitch between the pins - I'm guessing 9.5mm? The give away is the HX185 which is the LIF part code, also known as GE product code 35232. It's a 800W 230v specialist projection lamp in a GX9.5 base. Like this. or thisThese look pretty much like the ones we have in stock for our Coemar 'fan lights' (as we call them) - single bubble with 9 (I think) small lenses which throw out a fan of beams in an arc. They are rated at 1000W, but as I recall you can only get these bubbles at a max of 800W now. I'll have a look when next I'm down on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Thanks for the replies so far - very useful. What I'm really looking for is the lamp base - we need to replace two or three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 What I'm really looking for is the lamp base - we need to replace two or three of them.Just the first place I thought of - other supplier will stock them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Perfect - thanks! (Looking forward to a couple of useful hours in the workshop once they arrive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Allen Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Stuart has his lamp base identified but a question for my clarification please. The lamp base appears to be a GY9.5 as the right hand elongated pin hole appears to be the larger one in a GY9.5 which is a 500 or 650 watt lamp base. The interesting looking lamp appears to have two pins the same size so one assumes it would need a GX9.5 lamp base as 1K lamps have two pins the same diameter. Went looking for clarification and Andy Cidor's article http://www.alia.com.au/techtopics/lamps.htm backs my thoughts. Thanks Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 These look pretty much like the ones we have in stock for our Coemar 'fan lights' (as we call them) - single bubble with 9 (I think) small lenses which throw out a fan of beams in an arc. They are rated at 1000W, but as I recall you can only get these bubbles at a max of 800W now. That sounds just like a Versatile light - always thought that was a stupid name since they only do one thing. However we're very keen on them - far less hassle than battens of pinspots for fan type effects. The only drawback is how weird they look - fine for rock'n'roll but there are other situations where I would like to have used them but couldn't. "Fan lights" is a descriptive enough name. One of our staff took his first look at them and christened them "alien heads" which seems to have stuck... B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 That sounds just like a Versatile light - always thought that was a stupid name since they only do one thing.Is this the wee beastie??http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/Ynot_01/CoemarFan1.jpgOurs are obviously in need of a good clean, but they don't see a lot of use.I like them when we do use 'em though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 That sounds just like a Versatile light - always thought that was a stupid name since they only do one thing.Is this the wee beastie?? It is indeed. On a side note, I really like the adjustments available on the bracket with the ball joints - very handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 That sounds just like a Versatile light - always thought that was a stupid name since they only do one thing.Is this the wee beastie?? It is indeed. On a side note, I really like the adjustments available on the bracket with the ball joints - very handy!That's how they were when I acquired them! And yes, it gives them a certain je ne sais quoi when rigging. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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