User Manual Chapter 8 Maintenance 115
To Install a Lamp
1. Remove a new lamp from its box. Handle it by the metal rim or by the ceramic socket
only.
2. Install the lamp.
a. Position the new lamp so that the flat spot on the metal rim is toward the left side.
Slide the lamp all the way in, past the snap springs. Push down to seat.
b. Orient the connector with square edge toward door opening. The connector only
goes in one way.
c. Plug in the connector. Do not force it. Seat the connector fully with fingertip.
3. Reinstall the lamp door.
If you can’t install the door, reseat the lamp.
4. Reconnect to power, and turn the system on.
5. Execute a white balance.
To Execute a White Balance
A white balance corrects the color so that white appears white despite any slight hues that
may be present under varying lighting and ambient conditions.
1. Press . Select Setup Menu > White Balance.
2. Point the probe at a blank white piece of paper.
3. Select the desired item:
•Execute
Corrects the color for current conditions.
•Default
Restores the original factory setting.
Caution Do not touch the interior of the lamp’s glass reflector or the inner lamp
tube. Oils from your fingers will shorten the working life of the lamp and could
cause it to explode.
Caution Only use GE Inspection Technologies lamps, part number
XLG3ALAMP.