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RE: [OM] Bounce Grip & Winder or Motor

Subject: RE: [OM] Bounce Grip & Winder or Motor
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 05:14:51 +0000
At 07:30 3/8/02, you wrote:
Do the M.Grip Cords 1 and 2 both fit the BG2 and T45?

Tom

No.

The M.Grip Cord 1 is shorter than the M.Grip Cord 2.

BG2:
You can use either one with the BG2 and a winder or motor drive. With the M.Grip Cord 1, put the right angle end into the winder or motor drive, and the straight end into the BG2.

T-45:
The M.Grip Cord 1 is too short to reach between the winder or motor drive socket and the socket on the T45. The longer M.Grip Cord 2 is required to reach between the two. In addition, both ends of the Cord 2 are right angle plugs (versus just one end on the Cord 1). If you look at socket placement on both winder/drive and the T-45, this makes sense to keep from accidentally breaking the plug tip off in the socket on the T-45. [Risk of this with the BG-2 socket location is not nearly so precarious.]

Additional notes about Metz G16 Grip:
(a) The M.Grip Cord 1 is also too short to make the reach with this grip (just barely too short). The M.Grip Cord 2 is long enough. (b) I modified an M.InFocus Trigger Cord, which is slightly longer than the Grip Cord 1, to use with the Metz G16 Grip. While the M.InFocus Trigger Cord has sub-mini phone plugs at both ends, it's not the straight-through connection required for use as a Grip Cord. My modification bypassed the teeny-tiny circuit board inside the button end of it to make it a straight-through connection. Modification requires low-power fine-tip soldering iron for working with very small parts on circuit boards and performing this surgery under a large magnifier for working on small things is recommended.

-- John


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