Flooded strobe

[MMM]

I flooded my S&S YS-01 a couple of weeks ago. However, I didn't notice it until two days later. At which point I cleaned it out as best as I could with rubbing alcohol. I bought a new battery back which arrived today, but it is still not working. So I guess the little connection points for the battery must be too corroded. Is there anyway that these can be replaced to make it usable again? Or is this a paperweight now?

 

[oly5050user]

If flooded, especially with power on, chances are it is a paperweight. Did just battery compartment flood? If so is battery compartment sealed off from electronics?

 

[Jax]

That suck.

I sent mine off to . . . Reef's? Reed's? In SE Florida?

If you give up on it, I'll pay the shipping for it! I might need parts.

 

[Jax]

Aww, darn, I cannot find the dealer info! It was some five or more years ago. They are a Sea & Sea dealer.

Maybe they aren't in business anymore.


EDIT - see below

 

[KeithG]

I am not familiar with the ys01, but a standard S&S design is to provide an isolated battery chamber.

A battery flood will not affect the internals of the strobe. Unless you have enough acid and nasty stuff to eat all the way through the posts in the battery compartment.

There are only a few things that can fail in the battery compartment:
- surface corrosion of the contacts leading into the internals of the strobe
- surface corrosion of the spring contact linking the 2 "middle" batteries
- total corrosion of the middle contact
- total corrosion of the 2 contacts linking to the internals of the strobe

I suggest you take a few pics of the battery compartment and post them.

 

[Jax]

Thanks a million, ******!!! (I assume s/he would have answered in here if s/he wanted named.)

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[MMM]

I am not familiar with the ys01, but a standard S&S design is to provide an isolated battery chamber.

A battery flood will not affect the internals of the strobe. Unless you have enough acid and nasty stuff to eat all the way through the posts in the battery compartment.

There are only a few things that can fail in the battery compartment:
- surface corrosion of the contacts leading into the internals of the strobe
- surface corrosion of the spring contact linking the 2 "middle" batteries
- total corrosion of the middle contact
- total corrosion of the 2 contacts linking to the internals of the strobe

I suggest you take a few pics of the battery compartment and post them.

It was hard to get close enough to show the contacts and still get light on them...

 

[KeithG]

I forgot about the battery cap. What kind of shape is it in?

 

[MMM]

I forgot about the battery cap. What kind of shape is it in?

Oh, it's toast. I tossed it and received a new one today. Backscatter (or maybe some other site, I forget which) said they can't be reused once the battery case has been flooded.

 

[Jax]

Offer stands. I love taking things apart.