racerfern
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This is cross post from the Sea and Sea Society forum, I couldn't decide where it was more appropriate.
I'm interested in buying a YS-110 and/or a YS-90 even if it's not working. I plan on dismantling and trying to figure out what is causing mine to act erratically. For that matter if anyone has disassembled either of these I would be curious as to what they found.
The problems are that my 110 red/ready light blinks bright/dim over and over and the focus light then goes bright/dim as if it had two levels. On the 90 the unit fires at about 90% of full power regardless of how where I turn the power dial, in manual mode of course.
It's frustrating that servicing these units is extremely expensive making it obvious that Sea and Sea just wants to sell new units. One distributor told me that he was not allowed to sell parts privately. I suppose that would be fine if a new unit was far and away better, but from what I read, new Sea and Sea strobes are as suspect as older units.
I've thought about switching to INON but that means new sync cords and possibly mounting hardware that drives the cost even further up. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
I'm interested in buying a YS-110 and/or a YS-90 even if it's not working. I plan on dismantling and trying to figure out what is causing mine to act erratically. For that matter if anyone has disassembled either of these I would be curious as to what they found.
The problems are that my 110 red/ready light blinks bright/dim over and over and the focus light then goes bright/dim as if it had two levels. On the 90 the unit fires at about 90% of full power regardless of how where I turn the power dial, in manual mode of course.
It's frustrating that servicing these units is extremely expensive making it obvious that Sea and Sea just wants to sell new units. One distributor told me that he was not allowed to sell parts privately. I suppose that would be fine if a new unit was far and away better, but from what I read, new Sea and Sea strobes are as suspect as older units.
I've thought about switching to INON but that means new sync cords and possibly mounting hardware that drives the cost even further up. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
