Good advice, of course, Ian. But you had better get yours out. The side
connector on PBG2 is for the F.AC power supply, and F.AC does indeed put out
200v - albeit at 10mA. In fact I measured 235v on mine, across the outer
two (of three) connectors. I still measure only about 5v across the centre
and one outer connectors on the PBG2 output to the flash unit (it's the same
style of connector as at the side, but opposite gender, since the F.AC can
also plug into the flash unit in place of PBG2). Perhaps my PBG2 batteries
are *really* flat?
Are you not thinking of PBG1, for the QA300/QA310 flashes, which had a HV
battery pack?
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Manners [mailto:oice500@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 August 2009 16:48
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus T28 Twin Macro flash
Hi Piers,
WARNING - DO NOT connect anything to the PBG2's flash power connector except
a flash !
The 'Battery' connector on the side of the handle is I think ok, I would
have to get mine out to check, or check doc's as thats for an external
battery pack from memory, and it's called an 'input' :-)
> Actually that's wrong, I just measured the output from PBG2 - it's not
> 300v, it just under 6v (but the batteries are getting on a bit). But
> there is no available output socket when a falsh unit is connected.
Cheers
Ian Manners
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