Do I just put it in the bin?

[Keltic Ice Man]

Hi folks

I have a Phottix DGS150 flash head that I got a year or so ago from a company in hong kong via ebay. It's done very well and I use it to light my background, so nothing taxing for it.

Unfortunately the flash bulb seems to have died. Model light still works, so I'm thinking flash bulb is blown.

Does anyone know if you can actually replace the bulb? Or is it a case of put this in the bin, and replace with something like an Elinchrom; which I'm slowly doing anyway, but a bulb would be far cheaper at the mo.

I've emailed the Phottix website but wondered if the collective brains knew

Thanks

Allan

 

[ChrisH]

It may just be a standard lamp used in many studio flash kits, does it have any markings on it ?

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Hi Chris I cant even work out how to take the bulb out, to be honest.

I seems to go into 2 holes.

PHOTO below, with the model bulb removed. But cant spot any writing on it.

 

[Michael Sewell]

Allan, your image requires Ovi membership for it to be seen, and even after signing in, the image isn't available.

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Click the thumbnail for a bigger pic

Thanks Michael I dont know why i tried OVI. Here is the bulb in question. No idea how to remove it, Ive tried pressing down on it, and wondered about a screwdriver underneath, but thought the glass might break

 

[Garry Edwards]

Well, you've emailed Phottix, best to see what they say.

If it's user changeable (doesn't look like it to me) then it just plugs in, but you need to find a replacement with the right spec, which may not be easy.

If it's soldered in place then the problem is even bigger. Sorry.

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Thanks Garry, I'm expecting to have to buy a new light, and there is a really good lesson to folks starting up in that Cheaper often = Throwaway

If it plugs in would i use a screwdriver or something to get it out? or would i just put some downwards pressure on it and it pops out? It waggles about quite a bit, but my fingers are two big to go under it

 

[ChrisH]

You may have to take the cover off the light and unscrew a couple of screws.

I would imagine a flash bulb of the same size and output would be okay, even if not specificaly for that light unit.

 

[Garry Edwards]

You may have to take the cover off the light and unscrew a couple of screws.

I would imagine a flash bulb of the same size and output would be okay, even if not specificaly for that light unit.

No, it needs to have the same or greater capacity and the same operating voltage.

If it plugs in would i use a screwdriver or something to get it out? or would i just put some downwards pressure on it and it pops out? It waggles about quite a bit, but my fingers are two big to go under it

If it's user changeable it will just pull out. This is what a user changeable flash tube looks like, or at least it's what a Lencarta one looks like - which maybe should be telling you something...

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Thanks Garry.

Bulb looks very similar, so at least i can see how it should come out. But I think this one may be soldered, as with some thin nosed plyers its still staying put.

 

[vaizki]

If you do open the flash unit, try not to kill yourself as there's some zaptastic capacitors in there.