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Old 11-23-2011, 12:58 AM   #239
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Heh, I guess it's hard for me to comprehend being used to replacing lamps at about 400 hours, since that is whats recommended of our lamps is to replace them when half their lives are over due to the explosion risk from old lamps. Also in our industry when you change a Xenon lamp...you're required to wear kevlar/leather body armor, face shields and heavy gloves. Especially when replacing something like this
Ouch. I've never thrown a car one around (I wouldn't want to replace what used to be $100 bulbs just because I'm being careless) but damn that would suck. I'm not sure what auto ones are pressurized to but I'm sure they could explode :P Now I'll be wondering next time I move them around, thanks!
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