I have a Dell VPL-PX41 that I play my N64 on and watch movies. The TEMP light comes on and the projector shuts down until it cools off. It takes about an hour before it will work again. I can play games on it for like 6 hours with no issues. But If I let it run for 20 minutes and power cycle it the temp light will come on. Is there anyway to remove or disable this sensor? Does anyone have any ideas to keep it running cooler? Keep in mind I can't just add fans easily because there needs to be dust filters. I opened it up to make sure it wasn't full of dust and it looked very clean. While I had it opened up I poked around and had no idea what to look for. I changed the settings to high altitude mode which makes the fans ran faster too.
Did you clean your filters? Vacuum them (gently), that's what I do with my projector. Is there plenty of space around your projector? They do heat up a lot and need a lot of cool air coming in. Overheating could also shorten the life of your bulb. Post a picture of your set-up to check if I can see anything wrong.
The air filter is clean. It is about 3inches from the ceiling. Its not hooked back up but it would look the same if it was.
I wouldn't try bypassing it as it's tripping for a reason, even if that reason is a failing sensor or faulty firmware. Are you sure there isn't a dust bunny inside the thing?
Is there a particular reason it's upside down? I know it doesn't have vents on the top, but being inverted may be screwing with the airflow.
All I could say is that naturally, heat goes up, so the projector only gets hot air in. How old is your bulb, how many hours has it clocked up?
It has a little under 400 hours. I have no idea how old it is. Im think the lifespan is atleast 2000 hours.
I read "Combat Temperature System" and I thought this was about a military-issued thermostat or something.
So Is there like a specific chip or sensor I can look for? If possible I could install a switch to either enable/disable said component.
I just realized the thread says DELL and it's a SONY. Well I decided to tear into and see what I could do. After some dumb luck/good guesses I got it working great! I jumped a normally closed temperature switch and swapped out another. I found what I think to be a resistor on the power board that increases resistance as temp goes up. It said 22 ohms on it. Luckily, i just did a SNES component mod and had an extra 22 ohm resistor. I desoldered it and put the resistor in its place.
