Aha! The spring-metal contacts may have kind of sagged over time (much like people :-) ) and flexing them out a bit may give better contact. You might be able to hook the open end of them down in the bottom of the battery compartment with a bent paperclip or similar. Tug upwards gently to make them sit up higher.
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- -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.
