parts found!Help find parts 4 Vivitar 285HV Zoom Thyristor please!

[TakahiroW4047]

i have no idea what the heal i am doing, the battery seems to be missing a holder of sorts, i have no charging plug, finally i took it all apart, and no longer know where part a goes, or if part b is part a?

Hope this helps!!


If you don't have this holder, then you are definitely in for some complaining to whoever you bought it from. Or maybe that's why they had an external charger cable...[*-)]


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[GarzaCapitalist]

the aforementioned culprits,as shown by, none other than my boyhood buddy, Optimus!

[GarzaCapitalist]

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Me With No flash


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[GarzaCapitalist]

Please excuse the mess, its a house

[TakahiroW4047]

Hmm that looks to be a different model than mine. If it was a used, possibly an older version. I'm not familiar with that battery compartment [:^)]

[GarzaCapitalist]

After reading the online manual, and references from your statements,and clemmb as well, i have come to believe that there is no compartment! that plug thingy is the only way to use this flash, but i have no darn way of plugging it in? it looks to be from a battery pack of some sort? i have however recently purchased a charger for it via e bay, but now ill need to wait even longer, and i spent a total of 55.00! ugh lol. thank you for all of your advice, i will posty results later. i may try to use the battery holder clone thing, but it appears to be to small for batteries!

[clemmb]

GarzaCapitalist


I am on vacation and have not had internet till now. I have been suffering withdrawls, LOL. The power cord you have is for use with a quantom battery pack. The power cable alone is worth ~$20. The power cord has an RCA connector on the end. The center post is posative and the outer electrode is negative. 6 volts will work. I built my own battery box for mine for about $30 and it works great.


If you can find a battery holder like TakahiroW4047 showed above, I think it will work.


When I get back from vacation next week I

[GarzaCapitalist]

@clemmb, i have fixed my flash by purchasing a battery from ebay for 3.00! its up and runs like a dream! i have never used a flash before,and,well...my best for now!


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[clemmb]

Great