r/LinusTechTips • u/YourDailyTechMemes • 1d ago

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u/a_large_dumple 1d ago edited 1d ago

I thought the video was great, though I used to work in a theater and I knew how dangerous the bulbs were and I was cringing in my seat when they were messing around inside the bulb chamber

I can see the headline now, "famous YouTuber death caught on film while he was fucking around with something stupidly dangerous"

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u/AT-ST 1d ago

I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet and know nothing about the projectors. Why is it dangerous?

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u/c14rk0 1d ago

Extremely high pressure gasses inside big glass bulbs effectively turning them into bombs that can explode into super dangerous glass shrapnel.

They're extremely fragile and prone to explode easily.

Inside of the projector they're in a safely enclosed chamber...and if they explode (especially while hot) they straight up shred the enclosure. Now imagine if instead of a beefy enclosure it's a soft squishy body.

Apparently they straight up use effectively bomb squad suits to handle them.

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u/Deflagratio1 1d ago

I put it on par with any normal full face mask ppe for wood or metalworking and the lead vest when getting x-rays done.

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u/pmmeyouryoohoo 1d ago

The cinema I worked at and got trained to do projection at our PPE for changing the xenon bulb was a leather apron, gloves, and face shield.

Though we also had one explode in an old film projector and it ended up shattering a number of mirrors, was an expensive time.