Mike,
the lights take far more power than the winder. I have fed the
modeling lights from the T-Power control (also 6 volt AA) which you
will always need with your T-10 - but the number of flashes was
dramatically decreased that way... AA is probably too small for the
modeling lights.
So I returned from that path and since then I feed the whole rig from
a Power Pack 2 with a 6 volt lead acid battery inside (special Olympus
product of which I have a few). I bought this many years ago...
Or I use a Quantum 1+ battery pack (6 volt lead gel as well) for
T-Power control and modeling lights.
I think that the high capacity NiMH cells (4 x D cell) in an ordinary
Power Pack 2 would also work very well to power up T-power Control,
modeling lights and if you want also the winder. Favorable side effect
would be that the lights, although burning a tad weaker, would have an
almost endless lifetime since they get only 5 volts instead of 6...
Good luck,
Frank van LIndert
Utrecht NL.
On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 12:47:19 -0700, Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Winder 1 now is up and running and supplying power to the modeling
>lights on the T10 flash. Everything seems to be working fine but I've
>only done a dry run (without film). Very convenient setup. The lights
>are not very bright but are helpful for focusing. Is this normal? I
>suspect that they are going to dim when the batteries are low and before
>the flash quits cycling due to the different nature of the battery
>usage.
>
>mike
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