The quadra killer AKA Cheetahstand CL-600

abbadon31 wrote in post #17022793
If you want to drain the battery you get a regular house hold light and tape the plug or add some wire on to the terminals of the battery and let the light bulb drain it down.

Or simply leave the modelling light on

Phil V wrote in post #17022868
Or simply leave the modelling light on

Thats not very wise if you have an E1 problem. Plus that mis use of the unit and can lead to other problems.

abbadon31 wrote in post #17022793
If you want to drain the battery you get a regular house hold light and tape the plug or add some wire on to the terminals of the battery and let the light bulb drain it down.

Thank you for advice. I will se if I can find a suitable bulb or resistor to drain the battery. But I can't see why draining the battery would help. Then it has to be some kind instability to voltage or in the current it delivers, but atleast the measured voltage is fine.

If I let the unit rest and set it to full power I might get 50 flashes in row before the error occurs, but if I set the power to any less than full I get a maximum of 2-3 flashes. With my (used to better) knowledge of electronics this doesn't indicate any problem with the battery, rather some problem in the control unit. The capasitors must charge since I get up to 50 flashes at full power, so I guess there is something wrong with the control circuit. But I will try to drain and rechage as the vendor suggested and proceed from there...

Tor Martin

Tor M wrote in post #17023332
Thank you for advice. I will se if I can find a suitable bulb or resistor to drain the battery. But I can't see why draining the battery would help. Then it has to be some kind instability to voltage or in the current it delivers, but atleast the measured voltage is fine.

If I let the unit rest and set it to full power I might get 50 flashes in row before the error occurs, but if I set the power to any less than full I get a maximum of 2-3 flashes. With my (used to better) knowledge of electronics this doesn't indicate any problem with the battery, rather some problem in the control unit. The capasitors must charge since I get up to 50 flashes at full power, so I guess there is something wrong with the control circuit. But I will try to drain and rechage as the vendor suggested and proceed from there...

Tor Martin

You are correct in your statement. It falls down to 3 things the capacitor, cable, or the strobe head and has nothing to do with the battery unless you have a bad cell and its not getting the proper current. Its nice they have a balance charge plug on the battery, It under the insulation. I don't recommend taking the battery apart and pulling off the shrink wrap to get to it.

When I store my stuff in the bag now I black electric tape over the terminals to keep from draining the battery and supplying current to the head. This keeps for any shorts that might happen from dropping, bad plug, and ect.

The batteries store a lot of power and can cause a fire if shorted out.

Sound to me like your lower power capacitors might be bad.

abbadon31 wrote in post #17023493
You are correct in your statement. It falls down to 3 things the capacitor, cable, or the strobe head and has nothing to do with the battery unless you have a bad cell and its not getting the proper current. Its nice they have a balance charge plug on the battery, It under the insulation. I don't recommend taking the battery apart and pulling off the shrink wrap to get to it.

When I store my stuff in the bag now I black electric tape over the terminals to keep from draining the battery and supplying current to the head. This keeps for any shorts that might happen from dropping, bad plug, and ect.

The batteries store a lot of power and can cause a fire if shorted out.

Sound to me like your lower power capacitors might be bad.

Make sense. I used to do a lot of HiFi DIY if we go 10 years back and used to know electronics pretty well. But it fades away when not used... I got the battery drained, so recharging as we speak. I will try with the refreshed battery tomorrow. Maybe I should just film the test with my phone and send the video to the vendor. I will not open or try to fix anything my self. This should be an warranty issue. I bought from Eachshot.com and they are suppose to be reliable. Unfortunatly the distance from Norway to China is far. I hope there will be european Cheetastand partner in the future so we can buy cheetah gear instead.

Thanks.
Tor Martin

Yep that's what i would do. If you spend the money you want something that is reliable and works.

The flash is acting just the same after recharge.
I have contacted Eachshots customer service agian without getting any answer yet, but hopefully they will fix this in a fast and preofessional way.
Anyway, this was a fantastic light the 2 days it lasted! Can't wait to get a new one.

Wish you all a nice weekend!

Regards

Tor Martin

Tor M wrote in post #17025800
The flash is acting just the same after recharge.
I have contacted Eachshots customer service agian without getting any answer yet, but hopefully they will fix this in a fast and preofessional way.
Anyway, this was a fantastic light the 2 days it lasted! Can't wait to get a new one.

Wish you all a nice weekend!

Regards

Tor Martin

Well I hope you get things worked out and would love to see a video of what happening.

Sounds like it will be a great light when they get the kinks worked out of it. I might get me one when they are available.

abbadon31 wrote in post #17025848
Well I hope you get things worked out and would love to see a video of what happening.

I did film the test with my phone. I can post the video later tonight.

Tor Martin

Hi again.
I have put video of the E1 error here:
http://youtu.be/WDap4a​BZ9yA

Wish you all a great weekend.

Tor Martin

Tor M wrote in post #17027500
Hi again.
I have put video of the E1 error here:
http://youtu.be/WDap4a​BZ9yA

Wish you all a great weekend.

Tor Martin

Thanks for sharing
Never had that problem on the ones I've been testing. Mine E1 was after maybe 100 pops at full power and I just turned it off and back on and it was fine.

Looks like a warranty fix.

abbadon31 wrote in post #17027889
Thanks for sharing
Never had that problem on the ones I've been testing. Mine E1 was after maybe 100 pops at full power and I just turned it off and back on and it was fine.

Looks like a warranty fix.

Yes, must be a warranty fix. Awaiting resonse from Eachshot. Hope to hear from them tomorrow. Thank you for your input. It has been helpful.

Regards

Tor Martin

Don't tell me you made that from scraps you had laying around