Counterfeit lamps
Unfortunately, counterfeit lamps are becoming more common and it isn't easy to
identify the fakes. Common sense must prevail - if the price is too good to be true,
it is probably is too good to be genuine! Only buy from a source you can trust.
Are these risks you want to experiment with in your home, workplace or classroom?
Hotter than the sun!
Temperatures of 8,000 degrees at the
centre of the lamp
70 times the pressure in your tyres!
Pressures build to 200 atmospheres
(Bar) whereas the typically car tyre is
pressured to less than 3 Bar.
Truly shocking!
Ignition circuitry manages up to 20kv
on start up
Fire Hazard! - October 2009, a copy lamp inside a Hitachi projector
Evidence of burning
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Connector on fire
Electrical arcing on the connector
caused a fire in the lamp bay.
Melted chassis
The chassis meted and broke into two.
Are these risks you want to experiment with in your home, workplace or classroom?
Lamps that breach Intellectual Property
Manufacturers are increasingly enforcing their Intellectual Property (IP) rights, and recent rulings in the US have started to purge the market of illegal products, but whilst this process continues, there are still many IP infringing lamps for sale. Planned European litigation is soon to follow