First of all relax. Your projector lamp is in a plastic cage so most of the damage is going to be encased. It’s bang is worse that the clean-up.

Here’s what to do when the projector lamp shatters:

• Turn the projector/RPTV off immediately. Unplug the AC cord.
• Wait for the projector/RPTV to cool down.
• Open a window to ventilate the room. Avoid breathing in any dust from the projector lamp.
• Check there are no broken shards or pieces of glass around the projector lamp or coming out from the cooling air circulation vents. Check the interior of the RPTV.
• Use rubber gloves to pick up any shards or broken bits of projector lamp sticking out. These lamps contain mercury so don’t handle any shards with bare hands. You can also try using some duct tape to pick up small shards.
• Place the projector lamps shards in a closed container such as a box or plastic bag. This will stop the dust and mercury vapour from spreading. Don’t put the container into the regular garbage or down the drain. Send the remains to a hazardous waste facility near you.
• Don’t attempt to clean up the inside of the projector if there is a lot of broken parts or dust. Take the projector into an authorized service station. They will clean the inside of the projector thoroughly with a mercury vacuum cleaner. Never use a regular vacuum cleaner to do this. Ask the service technician to do a thorough check of the unit paying attention to the ballast and color wheel.
• Be sure to install an authentic projector lamp. Avoid generic compatible lamps as they are prone to exploding more often than authentic OEM lamps.

Keep your environment mercury free

Projector lamps needs special handling so please don’t put them into your regular garbage. Don’t want to leave them hanging around? Find out how to recycle your lamp and help out your local school. Find out more at www.recycleyourlamp.org.

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Here’s why you should recycle your projector lamps. Your projector lamp contains mercury and needs to be recycled properly. Recycle Your Lamp makes it easy for you.

Sophisticated components

Your projector lamp is a marvel of engineering, designed to work in conjunction with the sophisticated electronics in your projector. In order to produce the intense light needed your projector lamp contains an ARC tube, a piece of blown, high temperature resistant glass measuring about 3 inches in length. Inside is ultra-high pressurized mercury vapor that gets ignited by an electrical current produced by the ballast. This gives the brilliant light needed for the onscreen projection.

Mercury better left inside

While it’s great for our projector lamps, mercury is a potent neurotoxin that needs to be recycled. It large doses mercury can effect  brain, liver and kidneys, and cause developmental disorders in children. When projector lamps are properly recycled, the mercury poses no threat. However, when thrown into regular garbage and sent to landfills, mercury is dangerous.

It leaches from the landfills into the groundwater eventually making its way into our drinking water. As it decomposes inorganic mercury in the landfill is converted into a more toxic form, called organic or methylated mercury and this can be released into the air.

Recycling your projector lamp protects the health of you and your community while protecting our air and water. recycle your projector lamps and do your bit for mother nature!

Easy to recycle your projector lamps.

It’s never been easier to recycle your projector lamp. Recycle Your Lamp gives you a prepaid shipping label when you send in three or more projector lamps.  Your lamp will be sent to the University of San Diego

Contact the Environmental Protection Agency for more information. Thank you for recycling!

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