Frank
Yes, I am also confused by the differences.
On my 240V AC Adapter 3, the specifications are engraved on the base; they
are not on a sticker.
The figures for your 100V version look more appropriate for the AC Adapter
2. I wonder if yours could possibly have an inappropriate label stuck to
it.
I have added information about your 220V version to my page on mains
adapters:
http://www.alanwood.net/photography/olympus/mains-adapters.html
The engraving on top of mine says that the low voltage output is for a T
Ring Flash, so it probably does not supply enough power for both T28 heads
at normal brightness.
Alan Wood
http://www.alanwood.net (Unicode, special characters, pesticide names)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank van Lindert [mailto:Frank.van@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 April 2007 12:50
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Power source for T28 modelling lights
>
> I must stand corrected, Alan.
>
> I checked my two AC Adapters 3 and these are the results of the type
> stickers:
>
> 1. Input AC 220V 50/60Hz 30VA
> Output DC 230V 200mA/6V3A
> 2. Input AC 100V 50/60Hz 5VA
> Output DC 200V 10mA
>
> So they seem to differ both in input (30 Watts against 5
> Watts is a big difference...) and output. The high voltage
> outputs are 200 and 10 mA, also quite a difference. And the
> second one, obviously for Japan market, doesn't say anything
> for the 6V output. I think that some of the indications are false.
>
> On the other hand on the top the indications are the same as on yours:
> DC 4.5V 1.2A. If the lattter output is true, then the AC
> Adapter 3 is not fit to use for the modeling lights of two
> T-28 heads. But it clearly wasn't intended to do so,
> otherwise a splitting cable to feed both light sets would be
> present or available...
>
> I must say that I am confused by the big differences on our
> three instances of the AC Adapter 3, and even more by the
> differences between the indications on one of them (6V 3A vs.
> 4.5V 1.2A)
>
> My mistake of thinking that the low voltage output was AC
> originates from building my own 'device' at some point in
> history, before I bought my first AC Adapter 3 (in the time I
> was told that it would not be available in europe).
> I built an AC Adapter 2 with a very small 5V AC transformer
> in one case to make it share one wall outlet....
> But of course, since Olympus also wanted the adapter 3 to
> work with the winders, DC voltage was necessary there.
>
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL.
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:18:55 +0100 , you wrote:
>
> >Frank van Lindert wrote:
> >
> >> Actually the Olympus AC Adapter 3 (of which I do own one)
> also feeds
> >> AC to the bulbs, and DC (high voltage) only to the flash proper.
> >
> >My 240 V version of the AC Adapter 3 says that both outputs are DC.
> >
> >On top, it says DC 4.5V 1.2A, and has a diagram showing that
> the outer
> >part of the plug for the lights (or winder) is +, and the
> centre pin is -.
> >
> >On the base it says:
> >INPUT AC 240V 50/60Hz 30VA
> >OUTPUT DC 230V 200mA/6V 3A
> >
> >Alan Wood
> >http://www.alanwood.net (Unicode, special characters,
> pesticide names)
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