[tech] Projector

[Duncan Sargeant]

Did/could you reset the hour counter back to where it was?

,dunc

2009/8/27 <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>

> Turned out the problem was just a missing cover. The projector has a sensor
> for this, which when the cover is missing, won't allow the projector to
> start. It works now. Some of us were chatting in the clubroom about the
> possibility of members being able to borrow the projectors for a small fee,
> so if there were multiple projectors this could perhaps work.
>
> Bob
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> Quoting "Patrick Coleman" <blinken at gmail.com>:
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>  On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, cancel that request, I found out how to do it from the control
>>> panel, to no effect.
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>> Also, resetting the timer is kinda dangerous, because they do explode
>> and spew out nasty chemicals if misused (as anyone who went to a PLUG
>> seminar a few months ago can attest). The timer is a safety thing.
>>
>> If the lamp blew up or expired it's likely the projector itself is ok,
>> if you can find a replacement lamp. Alternately, I've got a few
>> projectors as part of that computer angels shipment that UCC can have,
>> though they are low-res (800x600 or possibly some 1024x768 ones).
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
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