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Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32
From: "Rand E. Tomcala" <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:25:33 -0500
Is this a case of "If it looks like a rose, and smells like a rose. . .
.".  If the power plug fits and it has a power cord whose pins match the
T-32, and it works.  Is sit really a BG1 ?  Sure sounds like the
description of a BG2 to me.
Rand E.

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Benson Honig wrote:
> 
> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:55:53 -0500
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32
> 
> The BG1 power plug is like a widely spread V.  The T32 shouldn't have mated
> up because the plug in the flash is supposed to have the V going the other
> way ^  .  T32 could be damaged in the long run, I don't know.  Did you try
> taking the AAs out of the flash to see if only the grip will power it alone?
> 
> I know you're the expert, John, and also that you warned me this should not
> work. I don't know what to say...yes, of course, it works without the AA
> batteries. Further, the pins on the T32 flash exactly match the BG1 grip.
> If you're certain that the T32 and 310 have an opposite pattern, the only
> explanation is that someone must have modified this particular BG1 grip to
> work with a T32. If they did so, it was a great job, since the powercord
> plug on the handle has exactly the same male pin-outs as a T32. I don't
> have a 310, so I don't know what it would look like. Since both flashes
> work on the same DC voltage, and the T32 continues to work with either AA's
> or with the C batteries in the grip, it would seem to me to be ok, no?
> Benson
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