Yes, I was wondering how that much damage had occurred. Maybe John
should inquire of the customer about the flash (and whether there's
anything left of it). :-)
Dr. Flash (boo hoo, boo hoo, RIP little flash)
Tim Hughes wrote:
> John,
> Interesting find and picture. The energy stored in the trigger
> capacitor, in even the oldest
> of old high voltage flashes, is not nearly enough to do this sort of damage.
> I can only guess the
> bleed resistor to the main capacitor from the trigger capacitor in the flash
> shorted
> and he dumped in the full 50Joules or so?
>
> Tim Hughes
>
>
> --- John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> FYI, thought some of you may be interested. Here are 2 pics of an OM-1 I
>> just started for a customer in India. She bought it blind through
>> ebay...gulp. Flash safety switch is melted, don't know what the main
>> contacts look like yet.
>>
>> http://www.zuiko.com/index_003.htm
>>
>>
>>
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