Rand,
if I remember well the relay cable has not the right connections to
serve as a connection between charger and battery. On the connector
array you see six connections. One is not connected at all. Two are
used for activating the motor drive when shooting. Two others are used
for feeding current to the motor drive from the NiCad Pack, AC Control
box or third party battery. This is not the same pair as the one used
for recharging the battery (they may have one terminal point in
common, but not both). The terminals in the NiCad pack have diodes
wired which prevents current flowing in the wrong direction.
Consequently you would have to change the relay cord battery
connector's internal connections to use it for charging purposes....
In other words: the relay cord pushbutton connections for an external
power source are only suited for feeding power to the motor drive, but
not for recharging the cells in the NiCad Pack. I hope that my memory
serves me well... it's a long time since I opened these connectors...
Frank.
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 07:58:21 -0500, rtomcala <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Suggestion - You needn't cut the charger cable to get the proper setup
>to charge a battery pack. Get the "Relay cord", it has the proper
>connector on one end to attach to the motor drive. On the other end is
>the plug to match to the battery pack. It also provides push button
>connectors (labeled) to wire into the remote feature and to your
>positive and negative sides of the battery pack. In short, just obtain
>a relay cable and you needn't destroy anything.
> This is also a clean method to wire a long push button remote control
>to your motor drive (In addition to the M-type cord on the top).
>Rand E.
>
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>
>Frank van Lindert wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike.
>>
>> Both views are right...
>snip
>> When I am at home I always use a good regulated charger instead. I
>> have cut the cable of an Olympus charger in two, and attached RCA
>> plugs to both ends of the cables (male and female).
>snip
>> >mike m.
>
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