{"id":21294,"date":"2020-07-06T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=21294"},"modified":"2022-01-22T08:39:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T12:39:41","slug":"i-cannot-recommend-this-enough-clean-your-projector-to-make-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/i-cannot-recommend-this-enough-clean-your-projector-to-make-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"I cannot recommend this enough: Clean Your Projector to Make it Work!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

SUMMARY:<\/strong> r\/projectors<\/a> was really useful in helping me troubleshoot my “PJ” and it’s a really great community. Continue reading:<\/p>\n

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With the increased stay-at-home time during COVID-lockdown there’s been an explosion of gaming and movie watching on my Optoma TH1060P projector. I bought this projector in 2015 to replace my then-aging Epson projector that was limited to I think 1024×768 resolution; the oddly named TH1060P can do 1080P video. When the bulb expired it really *POPPED* (louder than all the fireworks of late) and I was fearful it was going to be a bear to replace. It wound up being a cinch:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

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A quick swap-a-roo was all that was needed, the lamp constructed in a clever housing unit that can really only be extracted and therefore inserted in a correct manner, and it just works. But there was a catch…<\/p>\n

The darn thing was turning on, and then off 10-15 seconds later! Somewhere in the project unit I could hear the high-pitch hiss that one who knows can only describe as the sound of an AC arc. “Oh no!” I thought. I did some searching around, and there were a few possible scenarios. One involved the possibility of a crack on the lamp. So I inspected:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200517_110410.jpg” title_text=”20200517_110410″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

No such cracks. What else could it be? For a minute I thought it might be the DLP color wheel; oh geez that would be a real not-fun job to replace. And with COVID-lockdown all of my tools are at my place of work and not at home, where I’m locked down. What other options are there?<\/p>\n

Someone who knew the sound of the AC arc was certain it wasn’t the color wheel, and recommended a thorough cleaning. Surely it can’t be as simple as that? I was also fairly certain I cleaned it out within the last year or two. The person I talked to recommended doing it every 6 months, and because of the new lamp, recommended doing it now to try.<\/p>\n

I took a first pass on the unit without dismantling too much of the body, and got to where I immediately could. The lamp still wouldn’t fire. OK fine I took the extra 20-30 minute to take the chassis apart within reason, and did a really thorough job of getting everywhere that air appeared to flow in and out, taking extra special precaution around the lens unit:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_0958.jpg” title_text=”DSC_0958″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ custom_padding=”|15%||15%|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

But in the end I’m almost certain it was the area around the outtake exhaust that was clogged with dust, and therefore stopping air from escaping; the project knew this and so went into shutdown before potentially damaging itself. This is the area I’m referring to:<\/p>\n

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After a thorough cleaning of that outtake fan, the projector booted up the first time without any hiccups and has been running for a few hundred hours as of the time I’m writing this blog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So I cannot recommed it enough: take the time to thoroughly clean your intake and outtake vents and fans on your “PJ” and it’ll thank you and reward you with many more hours of bountiful lumens:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_0965.jpg” title_text=”DSC_0965″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n

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