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Re: [OM] Flash for graduations [was John Hermanson intro for the OM newb

Subject: Re: [OM] Flash for graduations [was John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies]
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:09:50 -0400
The capacitor forming procedure is covered in the user's manual for 
startup from new.  However, it probably didn't anticipate 10 years of 
shelf life before purchase.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


On 6/20/2012 4:39 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Moose, do make sure you power up and do a couple full pops every month
> with that flash. It keeps the capacitor formed.
>
> I bought a box-o-bits which included a Vivitar 285HV. This flash
> probably hadn't been used in 10 years. It took me a long time to get
> it to work well again. Recovery involved a lot of gentle
> charge/discharges until it finally settled in and worked. Otherwise,
> if I just tried to hammer it with full charge/discharges, I would have
> fried it.
>
> AG
>

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