Was Speedotron popular in the 1990s? If so, that would make them around 30 years old, which means their electrolytic capacitors are likely to be drying out and thus prone to failure. That reason alone would bias me toward buying new equipment.
Mark
Speedotron was popular in the 90's, but they are still in production so they could be much newer than that.Was Speedotron popular in the 1990s?
the worst was the acrid smoke like mustard gas has us gagging, the fireworks was pretty scarry too. if i were to test a unit, id do it outdoors on concrete. my unit burnt the wood floor under it and could have caused a fire. the box was extreamly hot, you couldnt toutch it.
my unit was in use for years, it just gave out one day without warning.
yeah the amperage draw is high. when id turn it on, the loft would brown out for a second or two till it cycled... it was on a 20 amp breaker that didnt trip right away either. realize the caps are fully charged n hold it for quite awhile. im sure a shock will be deadly... i wouldnt toutch the box when it blew just incase it was shorted to the metal case.
i know people that reshape caps by slow charging. but a marginal cap may work fine for awhile but is it worth taking a chance burning down the house? id trash the old units. the newer strobes are so much better n faster.
First, the OP wants to sell the units, not use them. It would be useful information to include the age of the packs as part of the item description. Do you know the model and condition? Or, since it seems they are from a friend, maybe he could tell you how old they are. Armed with that information, you might want to do some searching on eBay or UsedPhotoPro to establish the value.
I'm glad you weren't flipped out by all the doomsayers who assumed the packs had been sitting for 30 years and about to explode. Yes, shipping will be expensive, try to sell locally if possible. I have bought almost all my packs online, they all arrived fine and I don't remember paying exorbitant shipping costs.Thanks for the replies. All of the equipment is the Black line. There are 5 202VF flash heads with flash tubes,reflectors and cables. There are 4 power packs: an 810,1205CX,2403CX and a 4803 CX.Plus power cords and cables for the power packs.
They were last used in December of last year and I recently charged all of the packs individually so they are fully charged.
I will try to list the flash units on ebay or kijiji but shipping the power packs is going to be expensive.
Doug
He's selling, the buyer will end up paying for shipping one way or another. And the buyer will be taking the risk the capacitors will eventually go up in smoke. But unless the units are really old, that could be quite a while. Someone who needs the kind of flash power Speedotron Black Line packs can put out doesn't have a lot of choices.shipping weight will kill ya for sure. my box weighed at least 40lbs without the heads n cables. with postal costs costing more than the box is worth, local pick up is the way to go. driving 40 miles is still a good deal on equipment like this.
as for boomsayers... its more cautionary than doomsayers.... poor selection of words.
yea you'll reform the old caps with slow charge n all the other methods, but its just a matter of time. old caps are exactly that, old n drying out.. no matter how long they are used or not. you cant get the Jeannie back in the bottle.
Does anyone out there still use speedotron power packs and flash heads? I just had a friend close his studio and gave me his speedotron power packs and flash heads to sell.
Are they worth anything or are they just useless.
Doug
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