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azneric3
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 01:53
How many alienbee lights can you hook up to a Vagabond II ?

I was planning on buying a abr800, and 2 ab800's, and a vagabond.

Would I be able to hook all 3 lights to the vagabond at once?

azneric3
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:18
anyone?

mrclark321
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:20
http://www.paulcbuff.com/forums/

http://www.alienbees.com/VIIspecs.html

mrclark321
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:24
Light Units... Total Ws... Approx.Recycle Time... Estimated Battery Life ("Fast" setting)
1 B400 unit... 160 Ws... 0.7 seconds... 2400 full power flashes
2 B400 units... 320 Ws... 1 seconds... 1150 full power flashes
3 B400 units... 480 Ws... 1.4 seconds... 800 full power flashes
4 B400 units... 640 Ws... 1.8 seconds... 500 full power flashes
1 B800 unit... 320 Ws... 1.2 seconds... 1200 full power flashes
2 B800 units... 640 Ws... 1.6 seconds... 575 full power flashes
3 B800 units... 960 Ws... 2.7 seconds... 400 full power flashes
4 B800 units... 1280 Ws... 3.7 seconds... 250 full power flashes

azneric3
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:27
so it mentions you can use various/many lights to the vagabond but how many exactly?

edit/nvm

azneric3
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:29
so if I wanted to use a -

abr800
ab800
ab800

I could?

mrclark321
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:31
I would think it would be fine :)

azneric3
28th of October 2007 (Sun), 02:32
awesome thanks so much for the help.

all that ws stuff got confusing so I just thought I would post and ask lol...Thanks again so much!