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Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« on: April 15, 2014, 11:24:57 AM »
Ships today, excited.  Coming off a Amergraph that is something like 7 minutes burn time the last 2 bulbs we have put in it and seems to be only getting worse.  Blanket is basically done as well as of this week.

It's getting bluer in here all the time. 
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 11:35:00 AM »
brandt, do you need me to resend you that email with "big blue" or I can send you the real deal?

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 11:38:04 AM »
Wow... and I thought that I got ours fast...

Congrats...

But... you do realize although the while the Starlight is made by M&R, it's not painted blue :)

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2014, 11:38:44 AM »
Wow... and I thought that I got ours fast...

Congrats...

But... you do realize although the while the Starlight is made by M&R, it's not painted blue :)

-J

I need to get with Rich on that paint code.  :D
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2014, 11:54:49 AM »
Ships today, excited.  Coming off a Amergraph that is something like 7 minutes burn time the last 2 bulbs we have put in it and seems to be only getting worse.  Blanket is basically done as well as of this week.

It's getting bluer in here all the time.

What wattage was your Amergraph? Even a 1100k unit can burn dual cures much much less in time than 7 minutes.
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2014, 12:02:00 PM »
Ships today, excited.  Coming off a Amergraph that is something like 7 minutes burn time the last 2 bulbs we have put in it and seems to be only getting worse.  Blanket is basically done as well as of this week.

It's getting bluer in here all the time.

What wattage was your Amergraph? Even a 1100k unit can burn dual cures much much less in time than 7 minutes.

It's the 150, 1200 watt  I think?  It used to be much faster.  Been slowly getting worse, new bulbs seem to make no difference either. 
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2014, 12:47:43 PM »
Ships today, excited.  Coming off a Amergraph that is something like 7 minutes burn time the last 2 bulbs we have put in it and seems to be only getting worse.  Blanket is basically done as well as of this week.

It's getting bluer in here all the time.

What wattage was your Amergraph? Even a 1100k unit can burn dual cures much much less in time than 7 minutes.

It's the 150, 1200 watt  I think?  It used to be much faster.  Been slowly getting worse, new bulbs seem to make no difference either.

Yea definitely not a bulb problem, knot sure how powering bulbs in those units work but something else was wrong.
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2014, 12:49:04 PM »
We run the same unit.  Burn times on dual cure are 4-5 min. max.  We had some problems about 18 months ago and sent the guts back to Amergraph.  They rebuilt the unit sent it back, overnight, and we have not missed a beat yet.  But if I could conjure up any excuse to get an LED unit I would.  Congrats...

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2014, 12:55:41 PM »
we were running into the same problem on our old 40-1k, new bulbs and it still took forever to expose.

thankfully our amergraph unit here is cranking screens out well.

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2014, 01:02:35 PM »
Ya I am sure it could be fixed, but honestly if I can cut down exposure times as well we feel that's worth it.  We are gearing up to be able to do a lot more work so faster exposure has to be a part of that.
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2014, 01:25:56 PM »
it's a smart move frankly.  better unit, less power consumption, faster exposures

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2014, 01:32:48 PM »
I figure we can fix on the Amergraph and set it up to do our larger screens when needed. 
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2014, 01:34:03 PM »
I figure we can fix on the Amergraph and set it up to do our larger screens when needed.

And nice to have a back up especially when you have the space to have a back up. I am jealous we bought our 401K a couple years ago from M&R I sure wish the LED unit was out then.
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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2014, 01:40:47 PM »
Wish I was an equipment salesmen, I could rack up on you guys right now with all this new stuff coming out  congrats on your buy Brandt, MOVING ON UP!!! 8)

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Re: Jumped on Starlight bandwagon.
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2014, 01:51:05 PM »
I figure we can fix on the Amergraph and set it up to do our larger screens when needed.
And nice to have a back up especially when you have the space to have a back up. I am jealous we bought our 401K a couple years ago from M&R I sure wish the LED unit was out then.


there are a few things you need a back up of, an exposure unit is one of them, good call.

oh, and this is no bandwagon, this is the future... from 7 minutes down to 30 seconds...coming your way.
...keep doing what you're doing, you'll only get what you've got...