Trying to figure out best way to put together portable kit for outdoor lighting from the bits and pieces I have got and not sure what to do next?
What I have is one good Quantum flash and Turbo battery that works fine, so that is half the problem solved.
What I had was a Quantum QB1c battery pack that I was running with two old flashes taped together that did not work so fine, so I "lashed out" and bought a Sunpak 611 that had been modified to run via Quantum cable from the QB1c Battery pack that should have worked fine. But when I go the flash and plugged it in to the battery pack the warning lights on the battery flashed a couple of times but nothing else happened. Replaced the cells in the QB1c but this did not help so took it to a repair guy who tells me the QB1c circuit board is fried. Not so good news. Now am not sure if the flash killed the the battery or if the circuit board was already fried. So, ask:
Is there any way to test a flash to see if it has a short circuit before plugging it into a battery?
Is it possible that if a flash has a short circuit it could fry the circuit board of a battery like the QB1c?
What I have is one good Quantum flash and Turbo battery that works fine, so that is half the problem solved.
What I had was a Quantum QB1c battery pack that I was running with two old flashes taped together that did not work so fine, so I "lashed out" and bought a Sunpak 611 that had been modified to run via Quantum cable from the QB1c Battery pack that should have worked fine. But when I go the flash and plugged it in to the battery pack the warning lights on the battery flashed a couple of times but nothing else happened. Replaced the cells in the QB1c but this did not help so took it to a repair guy who tells me the QB1c circuit board is fried. Not so good news. Now am not sure if the flash killed the the battery or if the circuit board was already fried. So, ask:
Is there any way to test a flash to see if it has a short circuit before plugging it into a battery?
Is it possible that if a flash has a short circuit it could fry the circuit board of a battery like the QB1c?
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