I have repaired a couple for myself, a half-dozen or so for other people
because of this problem. The problem is that di-electric corrosion in
these contacts stop them pushing back out after they have been pushed
in. I take the contacts out completely, and clean them up, and then
apply a thin film of DeoxIT before re-assembly. This hapened to my first
Winder2 when it was only 6months old. Seem like an engineering defect.
John
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Try pushing the small silver contacts on the back of the winder in and out a
> few times. They are supposed to be spring loaded with continuity between
> them when they are at rest, if they don't spring out by themselves, that is
> a potential reason. They hook up to the 250 back. Snap the contacts a
> few times and then try the winder.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Heide Clausen" <voop@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Winder 2 problems....
>
> > Yup. Tried that. The battery holder from the "beater" doesn't do any good
> > in the beauty either. Tried to clean the contacts etc. too - no luck ;(
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestions, though....
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Have you tried using the battery pack in your beat up one in the one
> that
> > > doesn't work? I had one which wasn't working and it was suggested that
> the
> > > battery holder might be slightly warped. That was my problem. I used
> the
> > > fix suggested which called for putting a pencil across the flat side, a
> > > rubber band in the middle a 6 or 8 penny nail under each end of the
> pencil
> > > and then letting it sit with about a foot away from a 100 watt light
> bulb
> > > overnight. That's what worked for me. Bill Barber
> > >
> >
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