Re: [OM] Will high-capacity batteries harm my flash?

[Scott Nelson]

Oh, you can fire off a rapid sequence of flashes with a Quantum battery powering
a T-Flash and camera on a  motor drive. Quantum warns you not to fire off more
than one roll without a cool down. Seems hard to get wrong (unless you have the
250 back):

Will Quantum Batteries hurt my flash?
Quantum Batteries allow you to shoot faster for longer time periods. Since you
are shooting faster, your flash will need a cool down period. Follow the flash
manufacturer's recommendation for maximum number of consecutive flashes, but in
any case, not more than 36 consecutive flashes, followed by a cool down period. 

>>If the flash is able to recharge fast enough, this 
can overheat the Xenon tube.  Repeated means not just a few in rapid succession,
but a bunch.  Its hard for me to imagine a situation in which 
one would shoot enough frames fast enough to do this, even at a high rate of
film burn like a wedding.  I'm not certain if using the filters over the 
front of a T-32 will affect this.  A higher level strobe discharge is required
with a filter (or diffuser) over the front of the strobe, and 
logic tells me it would also inhibit heat dissipation to some degree.<<
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
  

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