Battery compartment leakage often runs into the wires soldered to the
battery contacts. NEXT STOP: the on / off switch.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <johnsonpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:49 AM
Subject: [OM] Dead T-32 Flash
| I have an ailing T-32 and am hoping somebody can help me.
| Here are the symptoms and other pertinent info:
| This is somewhat new to me (I think), so I don't know the provenance. In
| any case, it worked fine for a while. I think I changed the batteries,
and
| now it's dead: no flash ready light, no siren's song while charging, no
| nothing. There is some battery compartment leakage, but it looks to have
| been restricted to the battery compartment.
| After it stopped working, I either shook it in frustration or tapped it to
| see if it was the batteries. Anyway, I heard something small rattling
| around in the flash. I opened the case and couldn't find the culprit. In
| the process of looking for something broken or floating around in the
case,
| I decided to give the screws around the foot a quick twist just in case
they
| were loosening. Well, one of the screws on the upper shelf, just under
the
| capacitor (?) and rear-most circuit board would just spin, i.e. it would
| screw out, but never tighten down completely. All the others seemed snug.
| Next, I put the flash back together and installed the batteries to test it
| out. Nothing. Now, I'm too afraid to open it up and get shocked!
| Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions on this one?
| I've got some other stuff that is due for a CLA, but if this is an easy
fix
| I just assume do it myself and put the cash into getting some glass
cleaned.
|
| TIA,
| --p.j.
|
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