Hey Bill,
If you have an a-c adapter for this flash, try this.
Plug it in and charge up the flash. Leave it plugged in and charged for a
whole day. If you can, fire the flash with the test button several times
during this day. Then, when the day is over, put a fresh set of batteries
in it and see how long it takes between recharges. If it still takes about
the same amount of time, the flash needs repair. The problem could be
either the capacitor or the charging circuitry. Listen for the sound of the
oscillator when you try to charge the flash from batteries, it should be
pretty audible and decrease in volume as the capacitor approaches fully
charged. In tone, the sound should start fairly low and increase in pitch
as full charge is approached.
Replacing the capacitor could be tough, if you can't find a suitable
replacement. And the problem might not be the capacitor.
Len
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: AF280T Help
>
>
> I missed Alan's post . . . is there anything I can do about this? I
> know how to solder pretty well, anyone think that it's easy enough to
> try and take out the old capacitor and put in a new one?
>
> Bill
>
> Mark Roberts wrote:
> >
> > Bill Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I've got this flash for my Super Program, and lately
> it's been taking
> > >FOREVER to charge up to full power (somewhere along the
> lines of 60-120
> > >seconds) . . . is there any way to help this guy out? I
> gave it new
> > >batteries, but that hasn't worked.
> >
> > I'm with Alan: Sounds like the capacitor's going South.
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