Good Colossus Bad Colossus

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Comment by Bridget T on February 26, 2013 at 6:09am

I might change out the bulb in the one once the new globe arrives, just to see if it makes a difference.  But not before then, these things are heavy.

Comment by matt01165 on February 25, 2013 at 9:59pm

don.t take my word for it what do I know the heat lmap bulbs I tried in the past burst almost immediatly maybe these are stronger ones?.

Comment by Loren on February 25, 2013 at 9:36pm

Kn...known to...explode...?? (@_@)

Also, both of those lamps are running the same bulb, unless I'm mistaken.

Comment by matt01165 on February 25, 2013 at 9:34pm

http://oozinggoo.ning.com/video/colossus-video-update-02could be the bulb. when I saw the new bulbs I was shocked to see a heat lamp bulb, because these are known to explode, instead of the old reflector flood bulb from before

Comment by Loren on February 25, 2013 at 6:19pm

Man, it's like night and day. :( I really feel like this might be an issue with the coil not bonding properly with the wax, but I'm not totally sure. I know in my case it was. I think turning the lamp on for maybe 30 minutes, and then letting it cool, and repeating that might help the wax to stick to the coil better.

If you're going to give up and get a clear/red though, good luck with it!

Comment by Bridget T on February 25, 2013 at 1:14pm

Ha ha...I just figured two purples would bookend the TV nicely, but guess I'll have to live with one purple and one clear/red instead.

Comment by Jim on February 25, 2013 at 12:56pm

You need to provide a description so we know which is bad and which is good.  ;-)  Its a shame about those purple/yellows.  It was a serious contender based on Bohdan's picture alone, but purple/yellow has never been one of my favorite color combos.