8mm Forum: Brownie Bulb

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Posted by Michael Mc Dermott (Member # 3820) on February 23, 2016, 11:00 AM:

Can anyone tell me what is the correct bulb or alternate bulb used in the Kodak Brownie 310 model A4 8mm projector. Thanks.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on February 23, 2016, 12:21 PM:

Michael...according to this site...that model takes a DJA/120V/150W Bulb. These are difficult to find and pretty expensive now.

http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/dja%7c120v%7c150w%7cg17q~ansi.html

[ February 24, 2016, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Janice Glesser ]

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on February 23, 2016, 05:31 PM:

This type of lamp I have in a couple of my projectors but mostly used in my standard 8mm sound projector.
They can be very expensive and the answer is to keep checking in
E-bay for example for cheaper prices,I was lucky enough to get a spare from a seller (all up was about 8 GBP !) I think was in eastern europe or some eastern block country.It was very cheap and I took the punt hoping it would turn up...and it did - phew [Smile]

Also I buy "dead" projectors (if it is cheap enough) with this type of lamp that has a working lamp only - Oddly it is usually cheaper than buying just a lamp!

Posted by Michael Mc Dermott (Member # 3820) on February 24, 2016, 08:09 PM:

Thanks Janice and Clinton for your reply's about the bulb for the Brownie projector, they were both very, very helpful. I picked the unit up at an auction but the bulb was missing. I noticed that there wasn't a reflector so I figured it used a newer bulb with a built in reflector. As is the usual case, the projectors can be purchased at a very reasonable price where as the bulbs used in them are getting very scare and expensive. Thanks once again for your help.

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