Even if the old White Lightning didn't work I think the White
Lighting/Alien Bee repair is quite reasonably priced.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/17/2010 8:45 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Hey, on a positive note...
>
> In my $20 box of goodies (camera junk) is a 285 which I've been able
> to resurrect. The capacitor needs a few more weeks of forming, but I
> think it will be relatively fine in the end. It's an oldie, however,
> when checking voltage on the hot shoe, it's under 8 vdc.
>
> The Metz 45 CL-1's battery pack is rubbish, so I'll have to rebuild
> that or something, but before I do, I'm going to see if the thing even
> works via antoher method of powering.
>
> The one item I've been kinda afraid of powering up is an old White
> Lightning 10,000. I finally tried it out. I think it's been more than
> a few years since it was fired... Unfortunately, I did fail to
> adequately clean the tube off and when it fired the dust on it burned
> off in a nice cloud of smoke. Otherwise, it seems to work fine. That
> sucker is pretty bright.
>
> AG
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