EQUIPMENT: 35mm SLIDE PROJECTORS
1.	Inventory
2.	Status of the equipment
3.	Type of projector
4.	Modifications
5.	Type of lamp 
6.	General Cataloguing information 
7.	Associated items 
8.	Provenance
9.	Power requirements
10.	Condition assessment 
11.	Maintenance, Servicing, Failure & Repair
12.	Spares and consumables
13.	Dimensions and packing details
14.	Risk of obsolescence

1.	INVENTORY
•	Please list all the equipment which came as part of the work and could be classed as  a ‘Slide Projector’
•	If the equipment has been provided with a unique reference number as part of your collection management strategy – please list it. 
2.	STATUS OF THE EQUIPMENT Please describe what is important about this equipment in relation to the work of art. The status of the equipment will determine how important it is to gather detailed information about it.  
•	Is the equipment considered part of the work of art? If so how and by whom? (artist, registrars, curator, artist’s gallery etc)
•	Is the equipment visible in the installation and valued as part of the visual appearance of the work of art? 
•	Is it purely the function of the equipment that is significant? 
•	Is the equipment obsolete and therefore not easily replaced? Is the function unusual? Has the equipment been modified for either technical or aesthetic reasons? (if so by whom?)
3.	TYPE OF SLIDE PROJECTOR
•	Carousel
•	Magazine
•	Other (please specify)
4.	MODIFICATIONS
Please say who has modified the projector and why
•	Modifications internal reflectors and or lenses
•	Modifications to the cooling system
•	Modifications to the transport
•	Modifications related to synchronising two or more projectors
•	Modifications to the power supply
•	Other (please specify)
5.	TYPE OF LAMP
•	halogen
•	Other (please specify)
6.	GENERAL CATALOGUING INFORMATION
•	Make 
•	Model
•	Serial number (if applicable)
7.	ASSOCIATED ITEMS
•	Lenses (please give details)
•	Cables (power, remote control etc)
•	Synchronising unit (please give details)
•	Service manual
•	Operating manual
•	Other (please specify)
8.	PROVENANCE (if the equipment came from the artist’s gallery or the artist they may be able to provide this information)
•	Supplier
•	Cost 
•	Warranty information 
•	Date purchased or received
•	History
9.	POWER REQUIREMENTS
•	Voltage required
•	Adapters provided (please give details)
•	Current drawn 
•	Other (please specify)
10.	CONDITION ASSESSMENT 
•	Appearance
o	Casing of the unit intact and undamaged 
o	Clean and dust free
o	Action recommended (and if necessary approved by….)

•	Operation
o	Check that the unit is clean and dust free, that internal areas are greased as appropriate and there are no signs of overheating. 
o	Feet fully functional
o	Lens holder intact and lens sits firmly
o	Transport is smooth (useful to run this with an interval timer or external control unit)
o	Check external control connector is working correctly
o	Fan running smoothly and quietly (check it is in the right way round – if not it will not chuck out air)
o	Check the lamp housing is freely moving as it should for lamp changes and has not been bent
o	Lamp comes on and produces area of light unobstructed and at the correct brightness (check the alignment of the lamp housing and the filaments)
o	Check all the reflectors and internal lenses are present and correct
o	Action recommended (and if necessary approved by….)

11.	MAINTENANCE, SERVICING, FAILURE & REPAIR 
•	Provide details of recommended maintenance and servicing schedules
•	Specify which parts are most likely to fail and an estimated or known cost of replacement. 
•	Provide details (if known) about where to get parts or where best to go to have the equipment serviced or repaired

12.	SPARES AND CONSUMABLES
Please provide details of the type, make, model number, expected hours of usage, cost and supplier where possible. 
•	Projector Lamps
•	Fuses
•	Motor
•	Other 
13.	DIMENSIONS & PACKING DETAILS 
•	Unpacked dimensions
•	Packed dimensions
•	Weight
•	Type of packing
o	Manufacturer’s box
o	Flight case
o	Other (please specify)
14.	RISK OF OBSOLESCENCE OF THE EQUIPMENT 
•	Is the equipment still being manufactured? 
•	Are parts still available?
•	How many years is the manufacturer committed to providing parts?
•	Is there something about the unit or its relationship to the artwork which would make it difficult or undesirable to replace with another make or model of projector?