On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:00:08 -0700, "Ed Price"
wrote:


"Fred" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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The real reason I'm sure is the $150 flat rate to repair a 2 year
old camera. Typically they have test jigs set up for this stuff and
take
less that 5 minutes in most cases.


Apparently you have never worked on a camcorder with an intermittant
problem.
8^)

Actually I have and you are right - they can be tough. In this case, I'm
talking about a digital still camera where the moving parts are all OK.



That's really impressive analysis skills, considering that you forgot about
the shock hazard of the flash circuitry and the energy content of the
batteries.
The shock hazard is trivial, it won't kill you. Won't even burn you,
just make you yell abit.
I did camera repair years ago and we used to use flash capacitors and
charging coils on any hard nose that got transferred in. Just wire it
into an open loop between his metal stool and the steel work tables we
fixed camera on.(And we used really big caps from the older graflex
flashes and old strobonars.)
Also I doubt his camera uses anything bigger than "AA"s, not enough
energy in those to do much more give you a mild spark even on a small
charged capacitor.

And you're still posting to those two imaginary groups.

Ed
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