Hey guys,
Today there was a free 50" Sony projection on my way home. Seeming how I already ripped into one of these and fixed it and is now in my living room I decided to try this one. As the title states its a Sony KDF 50WE655.
When I plug it in I can hear it all cycle on and the fans kick on. I pulled the front off and took out the bulb. Looks like the bulb overheated a lot! I can't tell if the bulb itself is blown, I'm sorry for the low quality pic of it but there is are a few white rings around the base. No cloudy lens or anything. The pictures show the damage.
There is an excessive amount of dust built up on the inside. It is possible that the exhaust fan over the bulb is so clogged that it doesn't work and that is causing the bulb to not turn on?
When I turn all of the lights off in the room and I try to turn it on there doesn't appear to be any light emitting. Is there any way to test the bulb to see if it is not working? I can't really tell if the ballast is firing in order to turn the bulb on either. But when I leave the TV and just try to turn it on in cycles a few times then the "lamp" led on the front blinks.
Any help is appreciated, thanks members!
1) Bulb
2) Lamp door top broke off and had to pull out burnt plastic
3) Right side of lamp housing
4) Top left of lamp housing
Today there was a free 50" Sony projection on my way home. Seeming how I already ripped into one of these and fixed it and is now in my living room I decided to try this one. As the title states its a Sony KDF 50WE655.
When I plug it in I can hear it all cycle on and the fans kick on. I pulled the front off and took out the bulb. Looks like the bulb overheated a lot! I can't tell if the bulb itself is blown, I'm sorry for the low quality pic of it but there is are a few white rings around the base. No cloudy lens or anything. The pictures show the damage.
There is an excessive amount of dust built up on the inside. It is possible that the exhaust fan over the bulb is so clogged that it doesn't work and that is causing the bulb to not turn on?
When I turn all of the lights off in the room and I try to turn it on there doesn't appear to be any light emitting. Is there any way to test the bulb to see if it is not working? I can't really tell if the ballast is firing in order to turn the bulb on either. But when I leave the TV and just try to turn it on in cycles a few times then the "lamp" led on the front blinks.
Any help is appreciated, thanks members!
1) Bulb
2) Lamp door top broke off and had to pull out burnt plastic
3) Right side of lamp housing
4) Top left of lamp housing
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