Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My Metz manual states that I must "form" the capicitor ( a poor translation of something into English?) every few months, by turning on the flash for about 15 minutes. I do this dutifully, even though this is about the only use I make of the 45CL-4. Dan C. At 12:12 PM 19-09-98 -0000, you wrote: >Akhil Lal <alal01@utopia.poly.edu> wrote: > >I have in my closet four dead autoflashes (Rollei, Agfa, Minox & >Sunpak). All four were used lightly and died without any apparent >cause. > >>Of all the photographic apparatus I own, flash units seems to be the >most unreliable. Comments anyone ? > > >Hello Akhil, > >The magic words are "used lightly". Some of the components used in the >circuitry will die if they don't have voltage applied regularly. The >manual which came with my Metz flash says if it's not being used >regularly, switch on every few months and fire off half-a-dozen >flashes. > >Regards, > >Doug Richardson > > >