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Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:46:44 -0500
You could either flip the socket in the grip or the pins in the flash to
make them mate up.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rand E. Tomcala" <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32


> Is this a case of "If it looks like a rose, and smells like a rose. . .
> .".  If the power plug fits and it has a power cord whose pins match the
> T-32, and it works.  Is sit really a BG1 ?  Sure sounds like the
> description of a BG2 to me.
> Rand E.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Benson Honig wrote:
> >
> > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:55:53 -0500
> > From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [OM] Re: BG1&T32
> >
> > The BG1 power plug is like a widely spread V.  The T32 shouldn't have
mated
> > up because the plug in the flash is supposed to have the V going the
other
> > way ^  .  T32 could be damaged in the long run, I don't know.  Did you
try
> > taking the AAs out of the flash to see if only the grip will power it
alone?
> >
> > I know you're the expert, John, and also that you warned me this should
not
> > work. I don't know what to say...yes, of course, it works without the AA
> > batteries. Further, the pins on the T32 flash exactly match the BG1
grip.
> > If you're certain that the T32 and 310 have an opposite pattern, the
only
> > explanation is that someone must have modified this particular BG1 grip
to
> > work with a T32. If they did so, it was a great job, since the powercord
> > plug on the handle has exactly the same male pin-outs as a T32. I don't
> > have a 310, so I don't know what it would look like. Since both flashes
> > work on the same DC voltage, and the T32 continues to work with either
AA's
> > or with the C batteries in the grip, it would seem to me to be ok, no?
> > Benson
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