Postby Munkey990 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:18 pm
I have a strange issue with my Mitsubishi WD-62628. A month or so ago it showed the red bulb indicator. I installed a new bulb and everything was fine. The old bulb was not broken like the they usually do. Normally when a bulb goes the glass pin in the center is broken. This time the bulb looked normal. After about 2 weeks with the new bulb, again the red bulb light comes on. Tried resetting, unplugging for a while, nothing but the same red bulb light. Again I put in a new bulb and the bulb I removed looked OK but it fixed the problem. Now today after another 2 or 3 weeks, again the bulb light comes on and no picture on the TV. Getting very sceptical now. I remove the bulb and put the previous one back in and low and behold, it works again.
Maybe this can explain it better:
Step 1. TV stops working and gives a bulb failure light. Put in new bulb and all is well.
Step 2. 2 or 3 weeks later again TV stops working and gives bulb failure light. Install another new bulb and reset bulb light meter in menu. All is well again
Step 3. 2 or 3 weeks later again TV stops working and bulb failure light. Instead of using a new bulb I replace bulb with the one that was removed at step #2 above that supposedly failed after 2 or 3 weeks. All is well again
Any ideas what could be causing this? I have not yet tried just pulling the bulb housing and just replacing it again without changing the bulb. If this happens again, I will try that