Sounds like the charging circuit in the BG2 head is fried. It can be
fixed though.
John
Ralph Nitschke wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> My BG2 exhibited a new behaviour on the weekend and doubled as a
> portable heater :>(
>
> A quick bit of history. On Saturday I went to take some pictures of
> my son in his Halloween costume using an OM4Ti with a winder 2, BG2
> and a T32. I've had the T32 (w/o batteries) attached to the BG2
> (w/batteries) for about a month now and used it successfully for a few
> occasions.
>
> When I connected the set-up on Saturday I noticed a faint acrid smell,
> but ignored it when I couldn't locate the source. The first picture
> went as normal, but during the second shot - the shutter stayed open
> considerably longer and nothing worked after that. We were just
> leaving to do our trick-or-treating, so I took the system apart - but
> as usual, left the T32 attached to the BG2. When I returned (after
> about an hour) the BG2 was piping hot and the batteries in the 4Ti
> were dead.
>
> I threw some spare batteries in the 4Ti and in the T32 - and that
> combo with the winder worked fine. When I attached the BG2 (now w/o
> batteries) to the set-up and left the T32 on the camera everything
> still worked (firing the camera from the BG2). But as soon as I
> attached the T32 to the BG2 (with only batteries in the flash) and
> fired a shot the same thing happened (shutter staying open for too
> long). I quickly detached everything and nothing was damaged.
>
> Sorry for the lengthy story - but I'm at a loss as to what the problem
> could be. Has anyone ever experienced this before? Is the unit
> something I can easily take apart and repair?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ralph
>
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