Thanks, Tony. Have contacted the local (Australian) Microtek site no reply as yet.
Regards Charles At 11:42 AM 6/4/2009 +0100, you wrote: >On 04/06/2009 Charles Knox wrote: >> An extensive search for cold cathode tubes (including both Polaroid >> and >> Microtek) didn't bring up anything remotely like it. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. > >Philips are the OEM of most scanner tubes, however identifying and >sourcing it may be difficult if it is unmarked. You may have to buy >through either Polaroid or Microtek. Polaroid >http://www.polaroid.com/service/index.jsp - use the 'Contact us' link I guess. > >I have sourced lamps for a Microtek35 many years ago. Microtek was happy >enough to sell to an end user, but it was 3x the price of the Philips >part. The Microtek version had part of the tube painted black to cut >flare. I bought the Philips part, ordered through a Philips dealer, and >applied the paint myself and it worked fine. >-- >Regards > >Tony Sleep >http://tonysleep.co.uk > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body