How to wire up your ILEX Speedcomputer and Electronic Shutter

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Hi Folks, like you I have been sucked in by the allure of the Ilex speedcomputer and electronic shutter combo - but I couldn't find wiring data anywhere on the web, so I had to figure this out through trial and error!! I present my findings...

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Now all I need is a use for the thing, or a mobile 110VAC supply...

Cheerio, Marc
 

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A 12v-110/60 inverter and a 12v battery pack will do you. Radio Shack or an auto parts store.

But do check the shutter's speeds. A couple of years ago I bought an oscilloscope camera with an Ilex #3 Electronic much like yours but with a marked high speed of 1/125. The equivalent of your Speed Computer's internals are hung all over the camera's interior and I haven't yet got around to cutting metal so that I can rearrange them more compactly. Even so, my junk functions but the shutter speeds are all very very much slower than nominal.

Good luck, have fun,

Dan
 

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HMMM Wondering if 3 and 5 then bring a feed closure back for the flash sync contacts I see on the side of the 'box'.
 

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Dan Fromm said:
A 12v-110/60 inverter and a 12v battery pack will do you. Radio Shack or an auto parts store.
Click to expand...

Or even easier, work out what DC voltage the unit runs at and run it directly from a battery pack. No point inverting 12v up to 110v only to have the internal transformer and rectifier convert it back to 12v again!


EDIT: More likely 24v.


Steve.
 

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Ancient thread but...

Any chance of getting this wiring diagram??
 

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Thank you, Mark!!
 

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Marc / Dan... Thank you both!!
 
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