Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Zeiss -- Our new X-Cite illuminator is here

Our X-Cite illuminator arrived and was installed by our rep yesterday. We let it sit on for two hours to "burn in" the new bulb or something like that (instructions from Sam, our rep). It works the same as ours, and we can expect to get about 2000 hours out of it before having to change the bulb.

One thing he mentioned is that we should try to close the iris any time we're not using the light, because it will allow the "liquid light cable" to last much longer. He explained that the head of the mercury vapor illumination gradually wears on the cable and that simple step can extend the life of the cable by years.

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