> >> Beware strobe mods, charged strobe caps can kill. Assume all strobe
> >> caps are charged.
> >Ain't that the truth! The trigger voltage just makes your muscles
> >contract, the full voltage is pure pain!! I speak from experience,
> >luckily only on a low power device....
> I second that, being one who has received a belt (more than once) from
> professional grade electronic flash guns which have something like
> 500uF charged to a good 500V as the storage for the flash tube, this
> backed by a converter that could recharge this in less than 10 seconds
> after a photograph was taken at full power. My father used to repair
> these brutes.

I once fixed a camera that had a loose spring, but I kept on getting
zapped while I was trying to reassemble it. Some smart guy
decided now might be a good time to discharge the cap. Carefully
following the PCB traces to a convenient spot he shorted them with
his screwdriver. Huge crack, flash and dented screwdriver. Camera
never went again.


Brent Brown
Electronic Design Solutions
16 English Street
Hamilton, New Zealand
Ph/fax: +64 7 849 0069
Mobile/text: 025 334 069
eMail:  brent.brown@clear.net.nz

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