My bet is a bad transformer, but there's any number of other possible causes --
blown diodes, bad main cap, even a bad flash tube. They'll have to do a little
troubleshooting to find out for sure -- that's what you'll be paying for!
Sean Davis wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> first, let me say a big thank you for the few previous times that i've
> tossed in a dumb question or two and been deluged with informative
> responses. i've been very impressed with the list members' willingness to
> help out the newbies...
>
> that said, help! my T-32 up and died on me! it was working fine one
> moment, then just kinda quit. at the moment if you turn the power on, you
> can hear the high-pitched whine of the capacitors charging up, but the ready
> light never comes on, and the flash won't fire with the test button. i've
> sent it off to a local (Calgary, Canada) tech store so they can look inside
> and see what's up. i'm just wondering if anyone's had anything similar
> happen. i sincerely hope that i'm not looking at buying another T-32,
> because i really can't afford it at the moment... (just got married - paying
> off honeymoon!). any encouraging words out there?
>
> Sean D.
>
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