Intellabeam 700HX "startup loop" problem

Ive now :rtfm: again....
....its been a long week...!

Ok, I tried what suggested in the manual, still doesn't work...

The Intellabeam is notorious for connector failures on the power board. They may not look bad, but can arc internally, and lose contact.

Having said that, I had a fixture that did exactly this a year or so ago . . . and it was a bad connector! The power in through the connector was adequate, right up until the lamp struck, and then enough voltage was lost or enough noise was induced from the arcing that the logic card reset, and the unit started the init cycle all over, just like yours.

So, unplug and inspect everything on the power board that is connectorized, and in this case, most notably the AC power in and voltage select jumpers.

I also suggest if you need to take the board out to replace one connector, that you replace them all with screw down barrier strips - they look just like the connectors, but don't come apart. I was having 1 or 2 failures a year due to the connectors, but have not had a single one since replacing them!

- Tim

Checked all connectors, no go. tried swapping the gobo/colour sensors from the working one, problem solved. so at least i know what is wrong with it, i now need to try and find a replacement!

Odd . . . I have lost sensors, and just takes a while but came up OK otherwise.

At any rate, Lightparts has the Intellabeam sensors . . .

- Tim

I can't seem to find the exact part on the website, or rather if I have, I'm not so keen on paying $50+ for $2 worth of bits.....

I didn't say they were cheap . . . . just that they had them.

It's not a terribly odd opto, so you should be able to find a suitable part on your own with not too much trouble . . .

- Tim

Yes I have started looking round, but over here electronic supplies are pretty crap tbh!
I'll see if the guy who wants to borrow them feels like paying!!!
Thanks for your help.
Andy M.