On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, here's a short list of my favourite generic Things That Can Go > Wrong, And Will: > > bad or weak batteries > Triple-check that your test batteries are good. I suggest you use the > ones that just fired the working flash to give you better confidence. > Oh, and make sure they're inserted the right way around. :-) > > dirty contacts > Clean *all* contact surfaces. Get some good multi-purpose > electrical/switch contact cleaner (eg from The Source), soak a cotton > swab and get at the battery contacts inside the flash. Also clean the > contacts on the batteries themselves. And the hotshoe ones while > you're at it. > > something needs to be reset. > See if the flash has a "reboot" sequence or button. > > SB800's are very popular and solid. Most likely worth fixing if not > too too expensive.
Thanks for the responses. After some fiddling, and a web search, i stumbled across a fellow with my problem and he said it was his battery compartment door not seating correctly. Well after cleaning the contacts and verifying batteries, i decided to give the door a shot. I tried to turn it on after cleaning and reinserting batteries with no response, then i just moved the door 1-2mm to the open position and bamo, (spell check for bamo is amoeba btw) heard the motor engage. I then moved it back 1mm or so, and on it came. So now it appears to fire up but i need to play with the door. Same thing now with my D1H, need to set a battery in, then pull it back out a hair and the camera fires up, Dave > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:05 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey all. >> >> I have two SB800 flashes, one bought new, one bought used, a few years >> back. The last time i used the used one, was at the three family >> weddings i shot in 2010 and both worked fine. The one i bought new is >> still working fine, however i went make sure the used one was still >> working today, and it was not.It would not turn on. I put fresh AA's >> in it and still nothing. >> >> Just wondering if anyone may have an idea what may be wrong, i have a >> wedding in Sept and if i need to get it fixed, if $$$$ makes sense or >> buy something else. I want a flash on each camera i have with me for >> when needed. >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
