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Xspot care & feeding

Besides occasional cleaning, is there any other periodic maintenance that's helpful in keeping these fixtures happy? Does anything need lubricating (such as the focus worm gears)?

Also, is there a 'typical cause' when a lamp won't strike (no buzz, snap, or noise of any kind), or is it pretty even among lamp ps, igniter, relay, lamp base, etc ? Any docs on troubleshooting steps besides simply swapping parts with a known good fixture?

Thanks!
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    meh, These suck to maintain.
    If there is no noise at all, lamp power supply has failed. (Or perhaps the internal fuse)
    If the LPS makes noise but the ignitor doesn't, then its the ignitor.
    If the fixture just makes a single snap every time it tries to strike, the lamp base has a crack in the wires leading to it, and the fixture is arcing the lamp strike voltage to ground.
    You can try to lubricate the focus worm gears, but it sometimes causes more problems long term, as they then pick up crap.
    Also, the focus motors fail quickly, since they are next to the lamp housing. same thing with the shutter motors.
    be careful with the segmented color wheel, if the green segment breaks, the fixture can't home that wheel, since it has the sensor tab.

    Good luck!
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    meh, These suck to maintain.
    If there is no noise at all, lamp power supply has failed. (Or perhaps the internal fuse)
    If the LPS makes noise but the ignitor doesn't, then its the ignitor.
    If the fixture just makes a single snap every time it tries to strike, the lamp base has a crack in the wires leading to it, and the fixture is arcing the lamp strike voltage to ground.
    You can try to lubricate the focus worm gears, but it sometimes causes more problems long term, as they then pick up crap.
    Also, the focus motors fail quickly, since they are next to the lamp housing. same thing with the shutter motors.
    be careful with the segmented color wheel, if the green segment breaks, the fixture can't home that wheel, since it has the sensor tab.

    Good luck!
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