As far as I remember your Quantum put high voltage directly to the capacitor
of the flash, it does not go through the step up circuit of the flash so
there is much less risk of damage the flash by quick full power cycles.
(still a small risk for the cap, it could aging faster).
I damaged the step up transformer of a T32 by 54 continues full power dump
just with the old 600mA Ni-cd.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> Full dump recycle time on a T-45 is 2.2 seconds. The Nikon SB-900 was
> recycling in 2 seconds (watch the timer on the video) so it was running
> faster not "almost as fast". However, it's quite true that it's not
> designed to do that in a sustained fashion as the T-45 apparently is.
> My Quantum Turbo pack clone will recycle any flash I have in about 1-1/2
> seconds but I would never attempt to fire it 13 times in rapid
> succession and have never needed to. I would say the max is maybe 6-8
> shots in rapid succession at 1/2 or 1/4 power during the Hora at a
> Bar/Bat Mitzvah. It's not acceptable to miss the kid while he/she is
> looking at you while up in the chair and being spun around. But that
> much is not a stress on the flash.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Ken Norton wrote:
>> Be very afraid.
>>
>> That Nikon flash recycled ALMOST as fast as the T45, but did so in
>> serious
>> cook mode. I counted 13 flashes and it went into thermal protection mode.
>> I'm not sure how many I can do with the T45 as I exceeded 50 before fear
>> kicked in but the warning light didn't come on.
>>
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