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Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 fried contacts
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:00:29 -0500
Yes, I was wondering how that much damage had occurred.  Maybe John 
should inquire of the customer about the flash (and whether there's 
anything left of it).  :-)

Dr. Flash (boo hoo, boo hoo, RIP little flash)

Tim Hughes wrote:
> John,
>      Interesting find and picture. The energy stored in the trigger 
> capacitor, in even the oldest
> of old high voltage flashes, is not nearly enough to do this sort of damage. 
> I can only guess the
> bleed resistor to the main capacitor from the trigger capacitor in the flash 
> shorted 
>  and he dumped in the full 50Joules or so?
> 
> Tim Hughes
> 
> 
> --- John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> FYI, thought some of you may be interested. Here are 2 pics of an OM-1 I 
>> just started for a customer in India.  She bought it blind through 
>> ebay...gulp.  Flash safety switch is melted, don't know what the main 
>> contacts look like yet.
>>
>> http://www.zuiko.com/index_003.htm
>>
>>
>>
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