I put the lamp in and it has a burning smell. Why is that happening?
1829735
Maybe the part is bad. I would send it back. The one I purchased is working perfectly and haven't had any issues what so ever. Hope everything works out :-)
1829736
That would be the plastic on the bulb getting got which means you have ran the TV too long these televisions run got when left on for extended periods of time. I only run mine for three to four hours at the most then I give it a break so as to let the bulb cool off. If you find the light blinking on the front after doing so unplug it wait a few minutes and then plug it back in and the light should be off I hope this helps
1829737
If you bought this from Electrified I gather its the bulb, when I bought these bulbs yes bulbs, I purchased 2 at the same time. One failed and one worked it too smelled like it was burning and then died it also had an insane amount of light coming out from behind the TV. My recommendation get your money back and buy it from the manufacture as I did and it works great and no smell, you get what you pay for spend the extra money and you will much happier. Trust me these bulbs scare me especially when I got the original OE Bulb in no smell and works great.
1436644
I never had that issue, but I can assure you that your lamp is going bad. You can replace the lamp yourself & usually cost under $100. You may be able to find it on http://amazon.com. Hope this reply helps. Good luck.
948521
May just be overheating like mine was. After I blew dust out of the fan and back compartment of tv, I taped blue switch that is inside lamp compartment cover down and haven't had any problems since. There is a you tube video showing this process
748870
It was awhile after installing mine that I had the burning smell and finally found that the light was degrading the plastic water tray for the A/C's condenser coil. The smell went away a couple months after un-plugging it. I moved it to a main duct away from the furnace as the light is small, but very powerful and remember NOT to look at the blue light!
1227066
I just removed my lamp bulb to check it out. There are no signs of burning or melting the bulb holder. I have had this lamp about 3 months, but use it extensively, sometimes leaving it on for 3 or four hours at a time.
1734500
Yes, I had that burning smell as well. And some sparking as well. It is not normal and very dangerous. I stopped use it and thrown out it.
938987
Seems like that happened to me, but either I did not have the lamp on a good surface, or there was cardboard under the lamp. Check the base of the lamp.
1873688
That happened to me about a month ago. Amazon was great and advice me to return the defective product. I bought a different brand of lamp now and it's been working great. Good luck.
1441976
The first on I received did that also. The company saw my review on Amazon and replaced the lamp. The second one has been working fine. I really like this lamp but I don't know what is up with the quality control at the company.
183690
Mine has lasted 2 years now. When you installed it you did not touch the lamp at all with your fingers and transfer anything to the lamp face? That maybe could create a hot spot and it burned out? Sometimes there is just a defect. When I first installed it I must have jarred the optical block so I had a rose tint across the top of the screen about 3 inches down. After a while you learn to ignore it, but I noticed recently that the line is gone. I moved the set a bit recently to get at a side connector and I am wondering whether that jarred something back in place. Now I won't move the set at all until the bulb dies again or something else goes south.
615457
Is this the 1st time you have used the lamp? I ended up purchasing replacement bulbs only to find out the problem was a wire had come loose in the lamp itself.
2163856
from the factory they have oil on them and with the amount of heat created by the light it will burn the oil. This should only happen first couple times you use it, if it persists then you might have an issue.
10076
Make sure the lamp housing door is securely closed. I had the same issue, and it turned out that it was because the lamp housing door wasn't closed.
40811
It may have an odor upon opening it, and using it for the first few times. It should quickly burn off. Remember, this is using the power a small window air conditioner or a portable electric heater. Keep an eye on it for the first few uses, but I think you'll be fine.
2218664
I did a test run of about 10 minutes and no, the lamp is not hot.....barely warm in fact. Hope this helps.
2121504
The heat is not moved around by air, the fan sucks the air out of the vent. The heat comes from the lamp only.
493907
Very strange. The same thing happened to me. You can get a replacement bulb pretty cheap at the big box stores. Was easy to replace. However be careful. When I first set it up, the bulbs got so hot that it burned a hole in the side of the box.