Turning most (if not all) Olympus flashes "off" automatically discharges
the main capicitor anyway. Capicitor failure seems to have been a
notable problem on early strobe units (circa Honeywell) -- it hasn't
been a great concern for many years. Instruction books from that era
commonly warned users of the necessity of "forming" the capicitor by
charging and firing the flash several times before use for accurate
operation -- no more.
Brian P. Huber wrote:
>
> I was always taught to store it with the flash at full charge. Gave the
> capacitor better life. If the flash is stored in a discharged mode, then
> the capacitor had more of a tendency to leak.
>
> We always noticed when we received Honeywell flash units that they had been
> stored in a charged mode. We would always trip the flash when we got them
> out of the boxes.
>
> Brian P. Huber
>
> > Which is the "correct" procedure before keeping the flash
> > unit, should I
> > fully charge it before storage or discharge the power before storage?
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jim Teo
>
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